Postdigital Artisans by Jonathan Openshaw
Digital technology has irreversibly changed how we see, think and act. A staggering number of us spend half our waking hours online. Right now, more people are gazing at a screen than looking out a window. But a deeper symbiotic relationship with the digital does not quash the desire for a tactile, physically immersive experience. Touch screens don’t eliminate the need to touch something more palpable than an electronic visual display. It’s in this context that today's 'postdigital artisans' operate. Inescapably influenced by the digital world, they nonetheless reject strictly screen-based design and total reliance on automated production, such as 3D printing. They advocate a return to craft, with objects made from clay, metal, glass and wood. They neither turn their backs on technology nor glorify nostalgia, but their high-tech honeymoon is over. They see materials as the heart of art, design, fashion and architecture. Postdigital Artisans profiles 60 contemporary artists and designers, accompanied by rich illustrations of their work. Essays and interviews by and with leading figures such as Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nathan Jurgenson and Glenn Adamson deftly analyse all forms of postdigital creativity, from visual art and design to architecture and urban planning.
Jonathan Openshaw: Jonathan Openshaw is editor in chief of POSTmatter magazine, and writes extensively on the impact of new technology on the creative industries. Openshaw studied Social Anthropology at Cambridge, and specialised in the anthropology of art and visual communication.
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| ISBN 13 | 9789491727610 |
| ISBN 10 | 9491727613 |
| Title | Postdigital Artisans |
| Author | Jonathan Openshaw |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Frame Publishers BV |
| Year published | 2015-05-25 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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