2015: Conference Proceedings
Keynotes

Crafting Transition Designs: The Urgency of The Slow’s resistance to The Big

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  • Cameron Tonkinwise

Published 20-09-2015

Keywords

  • Slow Craft,
  • Making,
  • Slow Making,
  • Craft and Design,
  • Design Methods Movement,
  • Computer Aided Design,
  • CAD,
  • Fast Design,
  • Product Design,
  • Lean Manufacturing,
  • Agile,
  • Digital Design,
  • Maker Movement,
  • Makers
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How to Cite

Tonkinwise, C. (2015). Crafting Transition Designs: The Urgency of The Slow’s resistance to The Big. Making Futures Journal. Retrieved from https://www.makingfutures-journal.org.uk/index.php/mfj/article/view/200

Abstract

Cameron Tonkinwise, Director of Design Studies, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, was a keynote from the 2015 Making Futures Conference, the following is the opening to his paper.

Oppositional thinking can be productive so long as it is held lightly, or not for long. When the heuristic is mistaken for the true, things get cut down to size to fit those categories.

I write from the perspective of design. I am making the assumption that I am mostly addressing people invested in various forms of craft.

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