read
- Walter Benjamin —
"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction," and
"Unpacking my Library."
reading notes/comments on both at the archived Design Stories blog for 2010, here.
- three essays in Alex Coles, ed., Design and Art (2007) —
Alex Coles, "Introduction // Beyond Designart,"
George Nelson, "Good Design: What is it for?" (1957),
Norman Potter, "Is a Designer an Artist?" (1969), and
Rick Poynor, "Art's Little Brother" (2005).
- the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) entries for
"experiment" (noun and verb), and
"experimental" (adverb and adjective).
The Benjamin readings pertain to the aura of the work of art — its loss in (his) modern times, and curiously, it's rediscovery (in "Unpacking my Library"), in the collection. The collection — the series, the multiple, even different iterations of the same. Where meaning/significance is shunted along, from one item to another, the encounter of each object with each other, and all with the beholder, all participantd in the unfolding narrative (or conversation?).
(But I digress.)
The essays in Design and Art pertain in part to "process" — the designer's process. This connects with Donald Schon's thinking about design as conversation.
Finally, the dictionary entries on "experiment" may help us think about the idea of "testing" in design.
We'll start on Monday with the Benjamin. Please take notes (or annotate your copies) as you read.
other
Tumblrites among you may be interested in two recent essays in/at/on The New Inquiry —
- Brad Troemel, "The Accidental Audience" (14 March 2013) —
on recycling art on tumblr (here), and
- Rob Hornung, "Escape from Love Jail" (7 March 2013) —
on social media — and sociality — in general. Very good links worth following up, particularly one to a paper (on "escape") by Mariann Hardey and David Beer.
And please think about experiment/experience, experimental/experiential, and how these might pertain to design process/practice.
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