To propose new experiences through design - as a communication interface between past and future ... more To propose new experiences through design - as a communication interface between past and future - is to propose new products that are not only seen as experiences’ mediators, but are especially capable of promoting quality of life, fostering more intense experiences of places, acting as emotional relationships with the space through the indexing of the body, and anxious to resolve concerns of a symbolic nature. Minhoto’s craftsmanship positions itself as key for the interpretation of this vision; the material heritage that carries through its stories the immateriality, the relationship of civilization with the material world that naturally translates a collective value represented in memory and tradition. The closeness of these two variables - crafts and design - reflects a challenge to design’s disciplinary skills, a role recognized as crucial in the alter-globalization - “a globalization based on people” (Gebre, in Santos, 2003) - through its ability, demonstrated over time, to l...
Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that i... more Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that is, as centers that accommodate research which is articulated with local culture, tangible with the observation of craftsmanship in dialogue with design's performance. Bearing this in mind, we present some research and teaching experiences in Portugal, through emblematic micro experiences articulated with the practice and knowledge that fi nd their value in craftsmanship-Old Knowledge. New Tendencies; Lightness, Reanimating the Filigree; 2nd Skin Cork Jewellery; Meanings of Matter in Design, Alentejo-which have allowed the translation of the traditional knowledge of certain places and its conversion into reality. Liliana Guerreiro and Corque Design are successful companies that combine the work of a designer with craftsmen, taking advantage of the idiosyncrasies of a local dialogue which is extendable to a global world. In this study, the articulation of craftsmanship with the teaching of Design is regarded as a place for positive experiences, in the sense that this articulation produces a vector directed to the amplifi cation of cultural values, to the underlying Genius Loci in places. The study of these experiences has confi rmed the existence of an excellent opportunity built on the fact that craftsmanship in Portugal is a positive practice, implicitly and historically associated to the nature and construction of its places. This is a reality that can be observed and perceived by a signifi cant portion of Portuguese production, also materialized in the industrial manufacturing clusters. This production, despite being considered frail in its organizational and economic structure, consists of small workshops, sometimes informal ones, of low technology but high quality in its manual work, where knowledge is conveyed through generations. In this context, the aforementioned experiences are evidence of a strong dialogue between designer and tradition; a dialoguing experience with local manufacture is expressed through innovative products. Whilst presenting these experiences we shall conduct a critical consideration, trying to understand the diffi cult dialogue between design, craftsmanship and the valorization of the territory.
Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that i... more Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that is, as centers that accommodate research which is articulated with local culture, tangible with the observation of craftsmanship in dialogue with design's performance. Bearing this in mind, we present some research and teaching experiences in Portugal, through emblematic micro experiences articulated with the practice and knowledge that fi nd their value in craftsmanship-Old Knowledge. New Tendencies; Lightness, Reanimating the Filigree; 2nd Skin Cork Jewellery; Meanings of Matter in Design, Alentejo-which have allowed the translation of the traditional knowledge of certain places and its conversion into reality. Liliana Guerreiro and Corque Design are successful companies that combine the work of a designer with craftsmen, taking advantage of the idiosyncrasies of a local dialogue which is extendable to a global world. In this study, the articulation of craftsmanship with the teaching of Design is regarded as a place for positive experiences, in the sense that this articulation produces a vector directed to the amplifi cation of cultural values, to the underlying Genius Loci in places. The study of these experiences has confi rmed the existence of an excellent opportunity built on the fact that craftsmanship in Portugal is a positive practice, implicitly and historically associated to the nature and construction of its places. This is a reality that can be observed and perceived by a signifi cant portion of Portuguese production, also materialized in the industrial manufacturing clusters. This production, despite being considered frail in its organizational and economic structure, consists of small workshops, sometimes informal ones, of low technology but high quality in its manual work, where knowledge is conveyed through generations. In this context, the aforementioned experiences are evidence of a strong dialogue between designer and tradition; a dialoguing experience with local manufacture is expressed through innovative products. Whilst presenting these experiences we shall conduct a critical consideration, trying to understand the diffi cult dialogue between design, craftsmanship and the valorization of the territory.
To propose new experiences through design-as a communication interface between past and future-is... more To propose new experiences through design-as a communication interface between past and future-is to propose new products that are not only seen as experiences' mediators, but are especially capable of promoting quality of life, fostering more intense experiences of places, acting as emotional relationships with the space through the indexing of the body, and anxious to resolve concerns of a symbolic nature. Minhoto's craftsmanship positions itself as key for the interpretation of this vision; the material heritage that carries through its stories the immateriality, the relationship of civilization with the material world that naturally translates a collective value represented in memory and tradition. The closeness of these two variables-crafts and design-refl ects a challenge to design's disciplinary skills, a role recognized as crucial in the alter-globalization-"a globalization based on people" (Gebre, in Santos, 2003)-through its ability, demonstrated over time, to link citizens with the places we deem vital to the local cultural identities. Design as a discipline with an inclination for transdisciplinarity and for managing complexity, through its many possible languages, incorporating metaphors as representations for the experience, has the ambition of giving visibility to the values of the territory, through knowledge, which is synthesis of representations (Deleuze, 1994), reverting or adding to its value, that is, making it present by reinterpreting the craftsmanship.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies, 2014
Introduction "[...] the great intellectual challenge of this Age of Information is not coming up ... more Introduction "[...] the great intellectual challenge of this Age of Information is not coming up with a grand unified theory in physics, or discovering the origins of human life. The great challenge is how we can be better served by what we already know." (Willinsky 1999: 4). Developed within the scope of a Master's thesis project, this paper presents itself as an example of innovation based on the poesis of Design through a skillful, sustainable and ecological exploration of 'what we already know' and, simultaneously, with the aim of contributing to a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe-as defined by the European Commission Communication "Europe 2020"-, it may become a useful challenge for research through the lens of Design in the contemporary world. Analyzing the Portuguese territory it is possible to notice that the traditional manufacturing processes are still very present in its productive network 2. Most of the Portuguese industry consists of small manufacturing industries where a serial manufacturing system is often qualified by manual work. Therefore, it is pertinent to optimize the existing tacit knowledge, thus contributing to the differentiation and sustainability of the Portuguese productive network and territory. palimpsest, chance, experience, crafts, technology This reflection is based on a dialogue between industrial and handmade manufacturing systems with the goal of discussing the possible relationships between technique and the signifiers of chance. We seek to reveal how 'chance' may induce creativity through Design in the industrial process-in this specific case, in the Folhas Velhas 1 from the Vista Alegre Porcelain Factory-by optimizing material and immaterial resources and reusing materials considered as 'refuse' by the manufacturing system itself, giving them new meanings by integrating them into new artifacts.
To identify, enhance and promote the system of values of a given territory through De-sign certai... more To identify, enhance and promote the system of values of a given territory through De-sign certainly affirms the need for a new framework of research, that which proposes itself to interact according to a multidisciplinary platform, where complex, dynamic, and perhaps unstable in their perfection, variables operate, giving sense to the real nature of the territory. Design, as manager in this process, besides framing itself into a new territory of re-search, also points the need for a methodological and disciplinary, strategic and metaprojectual repositioning, capable of positively simplifying the complexity of the ter-ritory and transforming it into a reality that is useful to the reconstruction or reorganiza-tion of its values. Applied to Guimarães' territory, future European Capital of Culture in 2012, the current research aims to promote territorial values, as well as the underlying biodiversity of the territory, visible also in the complexity of its places, which, as a whole...
Com base na polêmica obra Design and Crime: and other diatribes, de Hal Foster, que aponta o desi... more Com base na polêmica obra Design and Crime: and other diatribes, de Hal Foster, que aponta o design como um instrumento de modulação cultural e agente promotor de consumo, este trabalho estabelece um debate entre teóricos do campo do design e de outras áreas do saber buscando discutir o “crime do design” sugerido pelo autor. Por meio de revisão de literatura, são abordados os temas: identidade, valor e função no design; e propõe-se o ‘design em paralaxe’ como um conceito capaz de contribuir para a reflexão sobre as recorrentes caracterizações estereotipadas do design. As conclusões apontam para a necessidade de aprofundamento da reflexão sobre a posição do design frente ao cenário complexo e paradoxal da contemporaneidade, e sinalizam a coexistência de diferentes abordagens do design, assumido neste trabalho como um campo de atuação multifacetado com contornos pouco nítidos.
The symbology of Portuguese national identity results from an
evolutionary process founded in a l... more The symbology of Portuguese national identity results from an evolutionary process founded in a long-term historical development of autonomy. It is a source of images that in connection with the Design process produces an elastic interpretation of identity. We seek to emphasize its importance as a raw material for the creative process basing our research work on the production of interfaces to access this knowledge on the telematic network in which the creative process develops itself.
To propose new experiences through design - as a communication interface between past and future ... more To propose new experiences through design - as a communication interface between past and future - is to propose new products that are not only seen as experiences’ mediators, but are especially capable of promoting quality of life, fostering more intense experiences of places, acting as emotional relationships with the space through the indexing of the body, and anxious to resolve concerns of a symbolic nature. Minhoto’s craftsmanship positions itself as key for the interpretation of this vision; the material heritage that carries through its stories the immateriality, the relationship of civilization with the material world that naturally translates a collective value represented in memory and tradition. The closeness of these two variables - crafts and design - reflects a challenge to design’s disciplinary skills, a role recognized as crucial in the alter-globalization - “a globalization based on people” (Gebre, in Santos, 2003) - through its ability, demonstrated over time, to l...
Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that i... more Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that is, as centers that accommodate research which is articulated with local culture, tangible with the observation of craftsmanship in dialogue with design's performance. Bearing this in mind, we present some research and teaching experiences in Portugal, through emblematic micro experiences articulated with the practice and knowledge that fi nd their value in craftsmanship-Old Knowledge. New Tendencies; Lightness, Reanimating the Filigree; 2nd Skin Cork Jewellery; Meanings of Matter in Design, Alentejo-which have allowed the translation of the traditional knowledge of certain places and its conversion into reality. Liliana Guerreiro and Corque Design are successful companies that combine the work of a designer with craftsmen, taking advantage of the idiosyncrasies of a local dialogue which is extendable to a global world. In this study, the articulation of craftsmanship with the teaching of Design is regarded as a place for positive experiences, in the sense that this articulation produces a vector directed to the amplifi cation of cultural values, to the underlying Genius Loci in places. The study of these experiences has confi rmed the existence of an excellent opportunity built on the fact that craftsmanship in Portugal is a positive practice, implicitly and historically associated to the nature and construction of its places. This is a reality that can be observed and perceived by a signifi cant portion of Portuguese production, also materialized in the industrial manufacturing clusters. This production, despite being considered frail in its organizational and economic structure, consists of small workshops, sometimes informal ones, of low technology but high quality in its manual work, where knowledge is conveyed through generations. In this context, the aforementioned experiences are evidence of a strong dialogue between designer and tradition; a dialoguing experience with local manufacture is expressed through innovative products. Whilst presenting these experiences we shall conduct a critical consideration, trying to understand the diffi cult dialogue between design, craftsmanship and the valorization of the territory.
Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that i... more Design schools are herein presented as privileged local vertices, parts of a global brain, that is, as centers that accommodate research which is articulated with local culture, tangible with the observation of craftsmanship in dialogue with design's performance. Bearing this in mind, we present some research and teaching experiences in Portugal, through emblematic micro experiences articulated with the practice and knowledge that fi nd their value in craftsmanship-Old Knowledge. New Tendencies; Lightness, Reanimating the Filigree; 2nd Skin Cork Jewellery; Meanings of Matter in Design, Alentejo-which have allowed the translation of the traditional knowledge of certain places and its conversion into reality. Liliana Guerreiro and Corque Design are successful companies that combine the work of a designer with craftsmen, taking advantage of the idiosyncrasies of a local dialogue which is extendable to a global world. In this study, the articulation of craftsmanship with the teaching of Design is regarded as a place for positive experiences, in the sense that this articulation produces a vector directed to the amplifi cation of cultural values, to the underlying Genius Loci in places. The study of these experiences has confi rmed the existence of an excellent opportunity built on the fact that craftsmanship in Portugal is a positive practice, implicitly and historically associated to the nature and construction of its places. This is a reality that can be observed and perceived by a signifi cant portion of Portuguese production, also materialized in the industrial manufacturing clusters. This production, despite being considered frail in its organizational and economic structure, consists of small workshops, sometimes informal ones, of low technology but high quality in its manual work, where knowledge is conveyed through generations. In this context, the aforementioned experiences are evidence of a strong dialogue between designer and tradition; a dialoguing experience with local manufacture is expressed through innovative products. Whilst presenting these experiences we shall conduct a critical consideration, trying to understand the diffi cult dialogue between design, craftsmanship and the valorization of the territory.
To propose new experiences through design-as a communication interface between past and future-is... more To propose new experiences through design-as a communication interface between past and future-is to propose new products that are not only seen as experiences' mediators, but are especially capable of promoting quality of life, fostering more intense experiences of places, acting as emotional relationships with the space through the indexing of the body, and anxious to resolve concerns of a symbolic nature. Minhoto's craftsmanship positions itself as key for the interpretation of this vision; the material heritage that carries through its stories the immateriality, the relationship of civilization with the material world that naturally translates a collective value represented in memory and tradition. The closeness of these two variables-crafts and design-refl ects a challenge to design's disciplinary skills, a role recognized as crucial in the alter-globalization-"a globalization based on people" (Gebre, in Santos, 2003)-through its ability, demonstrated over time, to link citizens with the places we deem vital to the local cultural identities. Design as a discipline with an inclination for transdisciplinarity and for managing complexity, through its many possible languages, incorporating metaphors as representations for the experience, has the ambition of giving visibility to the values of the territory, through knowledge, which is synthesis of representations (Deleuze, 1994), reverting or adding to its value, that is, making it present by reinterpreting the craftsmanship.
Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies, 2014
Introduction "[...] the great intellectual challenge of this Age of Information is not coming up ... more Introduction "[...] the great intellectual challenge of this Age of Information is not coming up with a grand unified theory in physics, or discovering the origins of human life. The great challenge is how we can be better served by what we already know." (Willinsky 1999: 4). Developed within the scope of a Master's thesis project, this paper presents itself as an example of innovation based on the poesis of Design through a skillful, sustainable and ecological exploration of 'what we already know' and, simultaneously, with the aim of contributing to a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe-as defined by the European Commission Communication "Europe 2020"-, it may become a useful challenge for research through the lens of Design in the contemporary world. Analyzing the Portuguese territory it is possible to notice that the traditional manufacturing processes are still very present in its productive network 2. Most of the Portuguese industry consists of small manufacturing industries where a serial manufacturing system is often qualified by manual work. Therefore, it is pertinent to optimize the existing tacit knowledge, thus contributing to the differentiation and sustainability of the Portuguese productive network and territory. palimpsest, chance, experience, crafts, technology This reflection is based on a dialogue between industrial and handmade manufacturing systems with the goal of discussing the possible relationships between technique and the signifiers of chance. We seek to reveal how 'chance' may induce creativity through Design in the industrial process-in this specific case, in the Folhas Velhas 1 from the Vista Alegre Porcelain Factory-by optimizing material and immaterial resources and reusing materials considered as 'refuse' by the manufacturing system itself, giving them new meanings by integrating them into new artifacts.
To identify, enhance and promote the system of values of a given territory through De-sign certai... more To identify, enhance and promote the system of values of a given territory through De-sign certainly affirms the need for a new framework of research, that which proposes itself to interact according to a multidisciplinary platform, where complex, dynamic, and perhaps unstable in their perfection, variables operate, giving sense to the real nature of the territory. Design, as manager in this process, besides framing itself into a new territory of re-search, also points the need for a methodological and disciplinary, strategic and metaprojectual repositioning, capable of positively simplifying the complexity of the ter-ritory and transforming it into a reality that is useful to the reconstruction or reorganiza-tion of its values. Applied to Guimarães' territory, future European Capital of Culture in 2012, the current research aims to promote territorial values, as well as the underlying biodiversity of the territory, visible also in the complexity of its places, which, as a whole...
Com base na polêmica obra Design and Crime: and other diatribes, de Hal Foster, que aponta o desi... more Com base na polêmica obra Design and Crime: and other diatribes, de Hal Foster, que aponta o design como um instrumento de modulação cultural e agente promotor de consumo, este trabalho estabelece um debate entre teóricos do campo do design e de outras áreas do saber buscando discutir o “crime do design” sugerido pelo autor. Por meio de revisão de literatura, são abordados os temas: identidade, valor e função no design; e propõe-se o ‘design em paralaxe’ como um conceito capaz de contribuir para a reflexão sobre as recorrentes caracterizações estereotipadas do design. As conclusões apontam para a necessidade de aprofundamento da reflexão sobre a posição do design frente ao cenário complexo e paradoxal da contemporaneidade, e sinalizam a coexistência de diferentes abordagens do design, assumido neste trabalho como um campo de atuação multifacetado com contornos pouco nítidos.
The symbology of Portuguese national identity results from an
evolutionary process founded in a l... more The symbology of Portuguese national identity results from an evolutionary process founded in a long-term historical development of autonomy. It is a source of images that in connection with the Design process produces an elastic interpretation of identity. We seek to emphasize its importance as a raw material for the creative process basing our research work on the production of interfaces to access this knowledge on the telematic network in which the creative process develops itself.
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evolutionary process founded in a long-term historical development of
autonomy. It is a source of images that in connection with the Design
process produces an elastic interpretation of identity.
We seek to emphasize its importance as a raw material for the creative
process basing our research work on the production of interfaces to
access this knowledge on the telematic network in which the creative
process develops itself.
evolutionary process founded in a long-term historical development of
autonomy. It is a source of images that in connection with the Design
process produces an elastic interpretation of identity.
We seek to emphasize its importance as a raw material for the creative
process basing our research work on the production of interfaces to
access this knowledge on the telematic network in which the creative
process develops itself.