[…] La Distinction from 1979, he opines and documents that taste should be considered in a cultural-sociological light because it is subjective. Bourdieu thus provides an empirically grounded theory for the analysis of taste. According to him, taste is neither essential nor individual, but relational and socially conditioned. That is, taste is not biological, but […]
[…] like an odd opening to an article on sustainability, as sustainability is often associated with durability and a long life-span, perfection and strength. Nevertheless, it is my theory that the most sustainable object is changeable, unfinished and, yes, raw. I will return to the notion of sustainable rawness later – first, let us take […]
[…] for itself, so we did not put a priority on accompanying verbal descriptions. That is quite different now that the design programmes have university status, and practice, theory, method and communication go hand in hand. I am writing from the perspective of my own experience as a practitioner and a teacher over the past […]
[…] dress can support identity formation, highlighting a qualitative focus in fashion studies on how clothing relates to subjective wellbeing. Similarly, Smelik and van Tienhoven (2021) use affect theory to analyze emotional and sensory responses to clothing, emphasizing that fashion affects the body through non-rational and embodied processes. Their study critiques the lack of attention […]
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[…] Matter: A political ecology of things (2010), the American political philosopher Jane Bennett (b. 1957) seeks to open modern consumers’ eyes to the life of materials. Bennett’s theory will be briefly introduced in this text, because she calls for a break with the notion of articles for everyday use as dead and inanimate. Our […]
Balancing theory and craft ‘As in Copenhagen, academization is a hot topic here,’ says Iben. ‘Generally speaking, the issue is that the education is implementing a very high theoretical level, and we need to ensure this does not happen at the cost of practice. If that happens, we could have just enrolled in Design […]
The Carry Bag Theory In her essay The Carry Bag Theory of Fiction, author Ursula K. Le Guin challenges the traditional view of early human technologies as weapons and tools for combat. Instead, she points out that the first technology was a tool for gathering and carrying – a "carry bag". She describes the […]
[…] environmental impact of extracting, processing, and disposing of materials is very difficult and still a major challenge. Ingrid: Yes, such complex challenges, called ‘wicked problems’ in design theory, involve materials becoming so hidden that we lose track of where they come from and what happens to them after we use them. The global systems […]
[…] day, they worked with dyeing directly on the long textile webs, because Sofia Hagström Møller refused to both use ‘test cloths’ and give long introductions to colour theory. The impact of colours on each other, she believes, is something you have to experience: ‘It's important to work on the final material so that the […]
