[Sigia-l] Edge design

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

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> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Boyd
> Sent: 14 March 2007 16:27
> To: SIGIA-L
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Edge design
> 
> Hi folks,
> 
> an idea for discussion.
> 
> One of the principles of Permaculture is that biological 
> systems are richer along edges - where the nutrient rich 
> current hits the reef, or the land meets the sea.
> 
> Is there any application of this to design? Can we create 
> "artificial reefs" for information to grow upon? Is the flood 
> of tagging into a rigidly hierarchical taxonomy a real example?
> 

If you count design as a sub-set of art, then there is certainly a
well-established principle in place. When I was at college, we were told
by very ancient lecturers that art has progressed by internalising
marginal forms. It was with this in mind that we should evaluate the
history of art (since the Renaissance at least) and attempt to predict
how the mainstream might evolve.

Jonathan


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