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Design : building on country / Alison Page & Paul Memmott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: First knowledges ; 2.Publisher: Port Melbourne, Vic. : Thames & Hudson, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781760761400
  • 1760761400
Other title:
  • Building on country
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.89915 23
Contents:
First knowledges : an introduction -- Personal perspectives -- Objects and spirituality : building on Country -- On camps, shelter and Country -- Engineered structures -- Materials -- Camp layouts and the importance of kinship --Placemaking in Country -- Comtemporary Indigenous architecture and design -- The offering : a new Australian design.
Summary: Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book State Botanical Collection RBG 305.89915 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Issued 02/11/2021 RBG00024199

"First Knowledges edited by Margo Neale"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

First knowledges : an introduction -- Personal perspectives -- Objects and spirituality : building on Country -- On camps, shelter and Country -- Engineered structures -- Materials -- Camp layouts and the importance of kinship --Placemaking in Country -- Comtemporary Indigenous architecture and design -- The offering : a new Australian design.

Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion. Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.

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