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Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture


Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture

Hardback by Openshaw, Jonathan

Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture

£32.00

ISBN:
9789491727610
Publication Date:
25 May 2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Frame Publishers BV
Pages:
296 pages
Format:
Hardback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 6 - 7 May 2024
Postdigital Artisans: Craftsmanship with a New Aesthetic in Fashion, Art, Design and Architecture

Description

Digital technology has irreversibly changed how we see, think and act. A staggering number of us spend half our waking hours online. Right now, more people are gazing at a screen than looking out a window. But a deeper symbiotic relationship with the digital does not quash the desire for a tactile, physically immersive experience. Touch screens don't eliminate the need to touch something more palpable than an electronic visual display. It's in this context that today's 'postdigital artisans' operate. Inescapably influenced by the digital world, they nonetheless reject strictly screen-based design and total reliance on automated production, such as 3D printing. They advocate a return to craft, with objects made from clay, metal, glass and wood. They neither turn their backs on technology nor glorify nostalgia, but their high-tech honeymoon is over. They see materials as the heart of art, design, fashion and architecture. Postdigital Artisans profiles 60 contemporary artists and designers, accompanied by rich illustrations of their work. Essays and interviews by and with leading figures such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nathan Jurgenson and Glenn Adamson deftly analyse all forms of postdigital creativity, from visual art and design to architecture and urban planning.

Contents

Introduction by Jonathan Openshaw Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist Forces Alyson Shotz Carnovsky Eno Henze Geoffrey Mann Hicham Berrada Jólan van der Wiel Ned Kahn Nobuhiro Nakanishi Sungfeel Yun The Unseen Essay Liam Young Bodies Anders Krisár Barry X Ball Bart Hess Gehard Demetz Jaume Plensa Li Hongbo Maiko Takeda Marilene Oliver Richard Dupont Sruli Recht Essay Daniel Miller Surfaces Aldo Tolino Amy Brener Crabtree and Evans Jonathan Zawada Katja Novitskova Michael Staniak Rachel de Joode Robert Seidel TomᚠLibertíny Troika Essay Sarah Williams Particles Aranda\Lasch Claire Morgan Katie Lewis Kohei Nawa Luke Jerram Nathalie Miebach Nucleo Phillip Stearns Seon Ghi Bahk Thaddeus Wolfe Essay Nathan Jurgenson Matter Daniel Arsham Flavie Audi Henrique Oliveira Jeroen Verhoeven Joseph Walsh Junko Mori Matter Design Rogan Brown Tokujin Yoshioka Zhan Wang Essay Glenn Adamson Structures Art+Com Studios Chiharu Shiota David DiMichele Do Ho Suh Jeongmoon Choi Loop.pH Numen/For Use Roxy Paine Žilvinas Kempinas Zimoun Essay Mark Foster Gage Index Credits

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