Phd Candidate in Design
plato_symposium and when you say, i desire that which i have and nothing else, is not your meaning that you want to have what you now have in the future? he desires something which he has not already, and which is future and not present, and which he has not, and is not, and of [...]
…beauty as we have seen, is a value; it can not be conceived as an independent existence which affects our senses and which we consequently perceive. it exists in perception, and can not exist otherwise. a beauty not perceived is a pleasure not felt and a contradiction. [p.29] beauty…is a value positive,intrinsic, and objectified. Or, [...]
what is the definition of the inquiry? inquiry is the controlled or directed transformation of an indeterminate situation into one that is so determinate in its constituent distinctions and relations as to convert the elements of the original situation into a unified whole. the antecedent conditions of inquiry: 1-the indeterminate situation questionable..doubtful, obscure… for nature [...]
aristotles_ethics book VIIIfor not everything seems to be loved, but only the lovable, and this is good, pleasant, or useful; but it would seem to be that by which some good or pleasure is produced that is useful, so that it is the good and the useful that are lovable as ends. do men love, [...]
book IIIAgain the case of the arts and that of the virtues are not similar; for the products of the arts have their goodness in themselves, so that it is enough that they should have a certain character, but if the acts that are in accordance with the virtues have themselves a certain character it [...]
We live in a human-made world, driven by the complex relationship between the natural and artificial. This relationship is defined in terms of technological advances and people’s individual and social interactions with nature. Technology has been affecting people’s lives prominently since the 19th century, beginning with the industrial revolution and the emergence of mass production [...]
Character in its etymological definition means distinctive quality of its subject matter. Subject matter can be defined in a wide spectrum from inanimate objects to human beings. In context of human beings, character is the quality or a combination of qualities that distinguish and make up the individual. Throughout the formation of thought in human [...]
the following story is from the Mathnawi of Rumi (13th century sufi poet). i find it simple and smart, full of sense of humour. the story gives the conception of unity, cosmos in a very precise and short text: there was an elephant in a dark house, brought by some hindus for exhibition. many people [...]
i have been reading an exciting book called “design writing research”, by Ellen Lupton&Abbott Miller. What i like about the book is the clarity and the integrity (of a well designed book and well articulated content).They have a website related to the book: http://www.designwritingresearch.org/ here are some highlights from the Deconstructionism article: deconstruction asks how [...]
design[Herbert Simon, Horst Rittel, Moholy Nagy, Dieter Rams] Design is an integrative liberal art that makes connections between arts and technology. Its recognition as a discipline traces back to the industrial revolution in the late nineteenth century due to the emergence of mass production. Design since then has been defined in different contexts. From a [...]