This document appears to be notes from the University of NowHere dated June 21, 2009. It contains a variety of topics discussed including depth, curiosity, awareness, thinking, inward/outward interactions, products for the self and others, entertainment, play, systems as products/protocols, domain play, project descriptions, workshops, websites, shows, and balancing public and private interests. It also includes images and quotes related to these topics from various designers and thinkers. The document discusses high-level concepts and perspectives on design, technology, human interaction, and play.
38. âThe words we use to describe play belong for the most part to aesthetics, terms with which we try to
describe the effects of beauty: tension, poise, balance, contrast, variation, solution, resolution. Play is
invested with the noblest qualities we are capable of perceiving in things: rhythm and harmony.â
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
39. âThe words we use to describe play belong for the most part to aesthetics, terms with which we try to
describe the effects of beauty: tension, poise, balance, contrast, variation, solution, resolution. Play is
invested with the noblest qualities we are capable of perceiving in things: rhythm and harmony.â
Johan Huizinga (1872-1945)
Sunday, June 21, 2009
69. "Next to torture, Art persuades best!" G.B.Shaw
I have a stereo brain
Sometimes screaming from the left speaker
Sometimes whispering from the right
Everybody now wants surround sound
How calm it would be to have a mono brain
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76. I want to emphasize that these insights into the human
brain will have a profound impact not just on us scientists
but also on the humanities,and indeed they may even help
us bridge what C.P. Snow called the two cultures - science
on the one hand and arts, philosophy and humanities on
the other.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Sunday, June 21, 2009
77. Wish:
To combine in a better way creativity and reason, to inspire
balancing between intuition and objective truth in design
students.
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82. Quote by Bill Gaver,
Designing for Homo Ludens,
(2002)
âWhat does designing for Homo Ludens imply for
our methodologies?
How can we invent and develop systems that
legitimise wonder, even encourage it?
How do we encourage people to meander, rather
than to accomplish tasks with speed?â
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83. Wish(es)
âą Work on playful and inspiring projects
for both students and coaches
âą Teach students about designing for
play: both content and methods
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87. Wish > Statement
Als wens en toekomstvisie wil ik binnen de ontwerpwereld
overbrengen dat productontwerp verder gaat dan alleen een
idee. En dat we in een wereld leven waarin je je sterk moet
onderscheiden t.o.v. de rest. Dit bereik je vaak door het
onmogelijke mogelijk te maken.
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90. Anna Maria Cornelia De Gersem
(âAnnâ for colleagues)
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91. I asked Cynthia Hathaway, designer and my docent at
the Design Academy Eindhoven, what my skills are...
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92. Ann throws herself into experiencing first
hand existing rituals in order to understand
and then learn how to add to them. Ann has a
Her research process is honest but quirky, and therefore interesting and
special knack
relevant. As much as Annâs work presents an end experience, we know that
the journey to get there is just as important. for finding
inspiration
and grounding
âAnnâ her work in
everyday
terrains where
people are
active.
Cynthia Hathaway - designer
Ann also designs with self sufficiency
in mind, where the participant can
take control of the circumstance.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
94. Ann throws herself into experiencing first
hand existing rituals in order to understand
and then learn how to add to them. Ann has a
Her research process is honest but quirky, and therefore interesting and
special knack
relevant. As much as Annâs work presents an end experience, we know that
the journey to get there is just as important.
for finding
Skills in print Graphic design inspiration
processes, and grounding
âAnnâ her work in
silkscreen,
woodprint, organizer everyday
etching in An eye for
different materials forms and terrains where
details. people are
Everything active.
must be in o Design of shoes
Cynthia Hathaway - designer
Ann also designs with self sufficiency o Design of jewellery
in mind, where the participant can
take control of the circumstance. balance. o Illustrating of books
o Bookbinding and restoration of books
o Master class dipping paper
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100. Only those who risk going to far (in design), can
possibly find out how far one can go ...
Iâm thinking about combinations with technology, new experiences and the âlookâ of designs.
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101. ... And the music was from
L'Orchestre International du VETEX
Track 6
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102. 5 seconds to go
Thank you !
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124. âThe next care to be taken, in respect of the Senses, is a supplying of their
infirmities with Instruments, and as it were, the adding of artificial Organs
to the natural. (...) and as glasses have highly promoted our seeing...there
may be found many mechanical inventions to improve our other senses of
hearing, smelling, tasting, touchingâ
Sir Robert Hook, 1665
Sunday, June 21, 2009
125. We have seen the emergence of accessibility to
'soft' technology. I think Industrial Designers can
take a large part in making physical technology
accessible to the many, allowing individuals to
literally shape their own world.
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132. âLoewy keeps one eye on the imagination and
one eye on the cash register.â [Charles Luckman, Lever Brothers]
I strongly believe Industrial Designâs prosperity is
directly related to the prosperity of the customers it
serves. As such, I wish it becomes an integral part of
our domainâs vision. I share this view with the father of
Industrial Design: Raymond Loewy, whose famous
quotes leave no room for misinterpretation.
âIndustrial design keeps the customer happy, his client
in the black and the designer busy.â*
âBetween two products equal in price,
function and quality, the one with the
most attractive exterior will win.â*
*) Raymond Loewy
Sunday, June 21, 2009
141. "I am still learning."
Michelangelo
Sunday, June 21, 2009
142. Mediated Spaces 2002 Adam Somlai-Ficher http://www.arch.kth.se/a-url/featuredprojects/1.htm
Mediated Spaces is a MSc in Architecture research project with the aim of exploring spaces of mediation in various scales:
Between the human, the physical and the virtual, between the local environment and the ubiquitous global digital media.
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