I’m poising to get myself out the door within the hour to go meet up with some friends. I don’t take this lightly, since I haven’t found my out of my studio in (and counting) 62 hours. Really. Not even to check the mail.
Fitting the April Fool’s legacy, I thought I’d raise the question, is new design possible in an era where we design for appropriation, to design anything at all, much less something new?
Dan Perkel asked the basic question in his recap of GroupTalk meeting Designing for Appropriation. “Is it possible to design for appropriation and unintended uses? If so, how? If not, why not?”
Concern over appropriation of design seems to have taken a sharp turn north, since. There actually seems to be a sense of gratitude by many designers I’ve talked to, when they see their work finding its way into different facets of culture. It’s something that makes me proud, from a cultural stand point. The question, however, still remains. “Is it possible to design FOR appropriation?
I’ll leave you with this. Have we not ALWAYS designed for appropriation?. From the very beginning, the relationship of the designer to the client/customer/user, the artist to the audience/curator/critic.
Have a great day of the FOOLS
Some fun from Yahoo.com
