121022redesigning design
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Design Theory (Ambient Media)
REDESIGNING DESIGN / JOS DE MUL
What designer can do under the situation in which design has
been democratized ?
This article problems……
Designer as a Meta-Designer.
The answer is……
Humans vs Animals.
in philosophical meaning.
Animals are limited into each of the Umwelt.
Umwelt means the environment which is perceived by the Sensory system unique to the species respectively.
Argument 1. by the biologist, Jakob von Uexküll.
Although animals are in the environment which is given,humans have to design their own world.
The german word, Dasein means ‘being-in-the-world’. The author implies that Dasein is Design(er).
Argument 2. by the philosopher, Martin Heidegger.
Today’s exploration of human openness is ……
- Wikipedia, the open dictionary.
- MP3, the open(-source) audio compression.
- FabLab, the open design movement.
From Bits to Atoms.- by 3D printer.
- by laser cutter.
- by milling machine, etc.
Does FabLab lose the profession of (old-type) designer ?
Then, the question is re-set to……
Metadesigner is the designer who shapes environments in
which unskilled users can design.
Now, we can concrete the initial answer “Metadesigner”.
- to the parametric design via GUI.
- to the inclusive design.
Image of Metadesign
DATABASE
MATERIAL OBJECTS
(Mass)Customization
} Metadesign(er)
} Old-typeDesign(er)
However, there are 4 problems about making(not digital data but) physical objects.
- its cost, or its difficulty to share.
- people’s motivation to make things.
- cloudsourcing can fall in folly of the crowds.
- about moral - What should NOT be created.
“Although we have to take these problems seriously, they should not lead to the conclusion that
we should avoid further development of open design.”
Design Theory (Ambient Media)
REDESIGNING “REDESIGNING DESIGN”/ tomohta
REDESIGNING DESIGN / JOS DE MUL
I agree with the philosophical basement
- Uexküll and Heidegger -
of Open design, but partly.
Ethics in the leisure and boredom- What is the humane life ? -
Koichiro Kokubun,
(2011)
Why are we bored in this rich, free, and enjoyable society ?
This book problems……
Inter-Umwelt Mobility.
People have Umwelt too,but they can move one from another;
animals can also (partly) do.
Kokubun coined the word……
Too emphasizing human’s openness to new environment can fall in forgetting that
design is NOT easy.
Do people start to design soon after preparing ‘environment’ ?
Only after recognizing hard to create the new environment, we
can start to think Metadesign- as the design education.
Self-Introduction
Tomoya Ohta
- Reading Science Fiction.
- B3 @Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
- DaijiroMizunoLab.
- Reading Japanese Critique.
- and I love WIRED and tumblr.