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Abstracting Craft : The Practiced Digital Hand by Malcolm McCullough (1997, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262133261
ISBN-139780262133265
eBay Product ID (ePID)804761
Product Key Features
Number of Pages322 Pages
Publication NameAbstracting Craft : the Practiced Digital Hand
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1997
SubjectComputer Graphics, Computer Simulation, General, Virtual Worlds
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaComputers, Architecture
AuthorMalcolm Mccullough
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight26.8 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN96-028356
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"Drawing from many traditions, McCullough carries the reader on a wonderful pendulum swing from hand craft to industrialization back to postindustrial craft in the computer age. With clever examples of practices, conscious and unconscious, he provides a real sense of what the new technology feels like, and why 'after two centuries of separation the conception and execution of everyday objects are once again in the same hands.' A technologically deep book, it is accessible and useful for both non- and anti- technologists." -Danny Bobrow, Xerox PARC
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal004/.019
SynopsisThe love of making things need not be confined to the physical world -- electronic form giving can also be a rewarding hands-on experience. In this investigation of the possibility of craft in the digital realm, Malcolm McCullough observes that the emergence of computation as a medium, rather than just a set of tools, suggests a growing correspondence between digital work and traditional craft. Personal and conversational in tone, with examples and illustrations drawn from a variety of disciplines, Abstracting Craftshows that anyone who gives form with software, whether in architecture, painting, animating, modeling, simulating, or manufacturing, is practicing personal knowledge and producing visual artifacts that, although not material, are nevertheless products of the hands, eyes, and mind. Chapter by chapter, McCullough builds a case for upholding humane traits and values during the formative stages of new practices in digital media. He covers the nature of hand-eye coordination; the working context of the image culture; aspects of tool usage and medium appreciation; uses and limitations of symbolic methods; issues in human-computer interaction; geometric constructions and abstract methods in design; the necessity of improvisation; and the personal worth of work. For those new to computing, McCullough offers an inside view of what the technology is like, what the important technical issues are, and how creative computing fits within a larger intellectual history. Specialists in human-computer interaction will find an interesting case study of the anthropological and psychological issues that matter to designers. Artificial intelligence researchers will be reminded that much activity fails to fit articulable formalisms. Aesthetic theorists will find a curiously developed case of neostructuralism, and cultural critics will be asked to imagine a praxis in which technology no longer represents an authoritarian opposition. Finally, the unheralded legions of digital craftspersons will find a full-blown acknowledgment of their artistry and humanity., The love of making things need not be confined to the physical world - electronic form giving can also be a rewarding hands-on experience. In this investigation of the possibility of craft in the digital realm, Malcolm McCullough observes that the emergence of computation as a medium, rather than just as a set of tools, suggests a growing correspondence between digital work and traditional craft.
LC Classification NumberQA76.9.C65M393 1996
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