June 21, 2010
three quotes from the May 2010 issue of dwell
“When I walk through here, I’m amazed by the human capacity to control art,” Gasparotto says.
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“There are so many ways to exploit a limitation.”
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“Who we are arises directly from what our bodies can do,” writes Richard Sennet.
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Sew Awesome. Knotty by Nature. These titles just kill.
And just in case you need more, google has tons of Dwell back issues for all your quirky modern architecture needs. I found them after I couldn’t get enough of Unhappy Hipsters.
dangit, Luke! you supplied context to my contextlessness.
also, that web site is hilarious.
I really want to take issue with that last quote, but I can’t find a good reason to.
Being a person who operates as if she were nothing but a brain in a jar, myself, I, too, take issue with that last quote.
I have a feeling he’s talking about “who we are” at the species level, though, not as individuals. Anybody read the source?
Luke’s first link takes us to it:
“Who we are arises directly from what our bodies can do,” writes Richard Sennett in his recent book, The Craftsman. In his spirited defense of how making material things can enlarge one’s life, Sennett reevaluates the place of the handmade in the digital age. Certainly in design we are familiar with the idea that touch is often a necessary antidote to high tech, and that the ether of the electronic world has honed our appetite for the tactile and material. Heather Bush agrees. A designer at Carnegie Fabrics, she considers ways in which to apply craft technique to hard-use textiles. She was also willing to rethink the notion that handwork is exclusively about limited production, high costs, and the imprint of individuality. Tuned in to the embroidery that was so ubiquitous in fashion a few years back, Bush decided it had a place in high-performance wall coverings and upholstery.