The Nature and Art of Workmanship A Book by David Pye www.bloomsbury.com That which requires caringMass production of variable productsFrom hands to machinesEmploys nothing at allWhat is Folk Craft? designmakingcraftstyle
The Nature and Aesthetics of Design A Book by David Pye books.google.com Any imaginable shapeUseless work on useful thingsPresentableThe principle of arrangementThe minimum condition+35 More More real than living manThat which requires caringThe informing idea of functionalism designaestheticsmakingstylecraftbeauty
Life as Protest A Fragment by Craig Mod craigmod.com I’ve written this before but I constantly need to remind myself of it, so, once again: A certain kind of work, lifestyle, mode of living — in and of itself — is protest. That is, work that is curious and rigorous is implicitly an antipode to didactic, shallow bombastity. It is inherently an archetype against bullshit. That to be committed to this work or life of rigor (be it rigor focused on “art” or, as they say in Japanese, sakuhin, or family or athleticism or whatever), and to share it with the world is to opt-out of being paralyzed by idiocy, and help others who may be paralyzed find a path back to whatever fecundity of life it is that they deserve. lifeworksociety