Project III: Thesis Statement

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.

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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.