Theme Craft
and Technology
Sub-topic: Machine + human hand
Human craft or
technology, which one do you think is the best way to perform in the future? A quote
by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy “Everyone is equal before the machine… Everybody can be
the machine’s master, or its slave.” The question about human craft should collaborate
with the technique or machine should replace the human craft is always an issue
in contemporary society. In this digital technology era, the designer, engineers
or craftsperson must work all in one as a team to support each other, designer
bring the idea or keep the aesthetics.
REFERENCES
Lipson, H., & Kurman, M.
(2013). Fabricated: The new world of 3D
printing. Retrieved from: http://www.eblib.com
One of the great things about 3d printing is that the
field moves faster than the speed of light and technological advances take
place in huge leaps and bounds. The source by provide you with basic knowledge
about the 3D printing industry, the advanced technology in this era. By
providing you the deeper implication of 3D printing technologies, how this new
capacity for production will change our lives, our laws and our economy. More
than 20 experts from different sectors and parts of the world, they provide us
many invaluable feedbacks in each chapter. This could be a really strong proof
for the reading.
Peiris, R. L., Kwan Valino Koh, J. T.,
Tharakan, M. J., Fernando, O. N. N., & Cheok, A. D. (2013). AmbiKraf byobu:
Merging technology with traditional craft. Interacting with Computers, 25(2),
173-182. doi:10.1093/iwc/iws013
Byobu is known as
Japanese traditional piece of furniture in the homes and temples from the ninth
century, it is a room divider or screen for decorate. It usually painted by
artisans or crafts people. AmbiKraf Byobu is a non-emissive, color-changing
fabric technology that allow subtle animations on fabrics. To explore the
boundaries between physical and virtual, merging of this technology and the
traditional craft as it helps preserve the integrity of the actual fabric and
allow users to interact with the actual fabric itself. From technique aspect to
demonstrate how they produce the AmbiKraf Byobu and the culture implication to demonstrate
the machine could preserve the traditional values of the significant physical
media.
Dormer, P. (1997). The culture of craft: Status and
future. Manchester, UK: Manchester
University Press.
Peter Dormer was a British author. He was specializing in
contemporary visual arts, applied art, design and architecture. The Culture of
Craft explores and discusses the difference between the craft and technology in
contemporary culture, and what is craftsperson role in designer view. It deals
with three core themes – the status of craft, the challenge of technology and
writing about the crafts. And how human cultural in favor of ‘nurture’ in this
postmodern society, and how it leads our ‘nature’ eliminated completely. More questions than they answer in this book;
the key value of this book is to let us consider the process of recovering
craft from its largely self-imposed cultural exile.
