Patterns generate relationships between people and things

Talk given at the second Milton Keynes Geek Knight, Sep 20, 2012

Write-up on the blog at http://cole007.net/blog/123/milton-keynes-geek-night

Transcript

1. Patterns enerate relationships
   between people and thin s
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2. 20 minutes
   

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4. 3800 BC
   

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5. Neolithic pottery
   

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6. “What do these patterns mean?”
   “What are these patterns of?”
   “What are these patterns for?”
   

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7. Questions not to ask of decoration
   

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8. “What are these decorations of?”
   “What are these decorations for?”
   

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9. ?
   

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    Questions that emphasise the visual …
    

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11. ? ?
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    … emphasise the product
    

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12. “the carvin s are not pointin outwards - mutely
    tryin to say somethin - they are an essential
    element of the material and the social principle
    on which they occur”
    Maurice Bloch
    

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13. What is Craftsmanship?
    

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14. #1 The Craftsman is a conduit
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15. #2 Craftin is transformative
    

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16. #3 Craftin is social
    

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17. #4 Craftin binds
    

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18. “Patterns enerate relationships between
    people and thin s”
    Alfred Gell
    

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19. Web Desi n
    

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20. Web Desi n
    1997
    

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21. 
    

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22. Borrowed Tools
    

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23. Borrowed Processes
    

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24. Desi n first
    

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25. Desi n first
    

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28. New Technolo ies
    

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29. New Devices
    

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30. Same process
    

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33. Our processes are broken
    

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34. Cult of the Aesthetic
    

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35. What can Web Desi n learn from
    Craftsmanship?
    

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36. The Desi ner is a conduit
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37. “Pure visual desi ners need to learn new
    skills. Photoshop and Fireworks are like
    brin in a knife to a unfi ht.”
    Andy Clarke
    

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38. Desi n is transformative
    

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39. Desi n is social
    

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40. Desi n is bindin
    

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41. Thanks!
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