The Softness of Things: Technology in Space and Form  

“We are our bodies. The evolution of humanity is the adaptation of bodies. Bodies are tangible material of being. Bodies contain us, restrain us, perplex us, attract us, disgust us. The are the objects of most of the thoughts and actions of human beings. Scientists, writers, artists and poets are bodies with a mission. It is no surprise that the mission has centered so intensely on the body itself.”
from the Preface of “The Oxford Companion to The Body”

Week 7: Body - “Man is the measure of all things” and human centric design

Man is the measure of all things
Protagoras (c. 490 - c. 420 BCE)
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Nonverbal independence is a reminder that messages emitted by gestures, clothing styles, and consumer products, e.g., have "lives of their own," not unlike the secondary products of aromatic herbs and medicinal plants
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Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation
By Gilles Deleuze
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Bruce Nauman
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Hand Tools in History
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Coming to our Senses by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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My Life Bits Project, Microsoft BARC Media Presence Group
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reQall
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Hertzian Tales and Design Interactions at the RCA
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The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design by Galen Cranz