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

1. Patterns enerate relationships between people and thin s @cole007
2. 20 minutes
4. 3800 BC
5. Neolithic pottery
6. “What do these patterns mean?” “What are these patterns of?” “What are these patterns for?”
7. Questions not to ask of decoration
8. “What are these decorations of?” “What are these decorations for?”
9. ?
10. ? ? ? ? ? ? Questions that emphasise the visual …
11. ? ? ? ? ? ? … emphasise the product
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
13. What is Craftsmanship?
14. #1 The Craftsman is a conduit + +
15. #2 Craftin is transformative
16. #3 Craftin is social
17. #4 Craftin binds
18. “Patterns enerate relationships between people and thin s” Alfred Gell
19. Web Desi n
20. Web Desi n 1997
21. <hack>
22. Borrowed Tools
23. Borrowed Processes
24. Desi n first
25. Desi n first
28. New Technolo ies
29. New Devices
30. Same process
33. Our processes are broken
34. Cult of the Aesthetic
35. What can Web Desi n learn from Craftsmanship?
36. The Desi ner is a conduit + +
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
38. Desi n is transformative
39. Desi n is social
40. Desi n is bindin
41. Thanks! Font: Bariol Icons: Symbolicons Line