On 10 Jan 2014, at 12:02 pm, Toni Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I find the term mediation more useful than translation,
Starting in the 1920s, Otto and Marie Neurath used the term 'Transformer'
http://isotyperevisited.org/The%20transformer%20revisited.pdf
I commend it to you.
I find myself once again saddened by the shallow sense of history that pervades much of the discussion on this list.
Using recent references that persistently fail to acknowledge much of the seminal work that preceded it, is not encouraging.
Perhaps it's time someone did a phd thesis on the history of ideas about design thinking, going back at least to the 19th century.
David
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