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Missing Pullover Found
My long lost 1970s pullover, slip-over, or perhaps more properly 70s tank-top, has turned up at the back of a cupboard. Last year we had turned the house upside down looking for it. The design is apparently based on the colour … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Architecture, Design, Enumeration, Knitting
Tagged Aesthetics, Architecture, Design, Design Methods, Enumeration, Knitting, Randomness
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Spatial Representation of Number
Francis Galton “…this peculiarity is found so far as my observations have extended, in about 1 out of every 30 adult males or 15 females. It consists in the sudden and automatic appearance of a vivid and invariable “Form” in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Brain Physiology, Embodiment, Enumeration
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Embodiment, Enumeration
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Five Finger Exercises
Written and spoken numbers are represented differently. In English numbers are usually written with Arabic numerals or as a transliteration of the spoken version, for example 342 or three hundred and forty two. Rod counting provides a written representation of … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Brain Physiology, Enumeration
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Enumeration, Logic
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Chocolate Fireguards
A very short post on Chocolate Fireguards, which as the name suggests are objects which subvert their own function. The first example is a real fireguard, though not one actually made of chocolate. It is an example of an object … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Architecture, Brain Physiology, Design, Design Methods, Logic, Objects
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Classification, Design, Design Methods, Logic, Objects
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Subitising
The school report of Emily, our 4 year old grandchild, said that she could subitise up to the number 6, and I had no idea what this meant. Subitising is a technical term that comes from the Latin root subito … Continue reading
Posted in Aesthetics, Architecture, Brain Physiology, Design, Design Methods, Enumeration, Geometry, Randomness
Tagged Architecture, Brain Physiology, Design, Enumeration, Geometry, Randomness
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Severely Constrained Design
When a design problem is severely constrained it becomes possible to generate all solutions to the problem. That is, it is possible to close out the problem. In the late 1960s and early 1970s the design of British Local Authority 2 and 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Design, Design Methods, Enumeration, Housing
Tagged Architecture, Design, Design Methods, Enumeration, Housing
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Haptic Interfaces: Extending Object Capabilities
Whilst looking for more up-to-date scanning devices I came across this nice haptic interface that extends the capabilities of everyday objects. It comes from the Fluid Interfaces Group of the MIT Media Lab and uses my favourite definition of a … Continue reading
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Smartgeometry 2013
The tenth annual smartgeometry event has just finished in London, and was held at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Previous years’ events have been held at Troy, Copenhagen, Barcelona, New York and San Francisco with institutions bidding for the privilege of hosting … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Geometry, Graphics Technology
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