Fleeting moments
Dynamic interplay
Presence absence
In the realm of aesthetic experience the tangible world dissolves into the fluid currents of perception.
“Duration is the form which our consciousness takes when it is turned back upon itself.” – Henri Bergson
Powerful flow
Materiality constraints
Potential transformation
Tools can be used to shape the world around us, to bring life to barren land, and to quench the thirst of the human spirit.
“The will to power is the will to create one’s own values. It is the will to become what one is not yet.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Low-value
Denomination
Transaction
America’s first nickel coins actually had a face value of three cents.
“Gamblers love coins so much, game manufacturers replicate the sound of coins dropping into the payout tray, even when no coins are involved!” – Scott Roeben
Tone touch
Tuning stability
Long life
Between equally good functional products the user will choose the more beautiful.
“There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.” – Sigrid
Imperial
620 snap shot
Camera
The Herbert George company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945 manufactured a slew of simple plastic cameras.
“The lenses are simple meniscus glass lenses, with a fixed aperture of about f/11 and shutter speed of about 1/30- 1/60 sec.” – Mark O’Brien
Hand Forged
Wrought Iron
Meat Hooks
Breathing new life into old materials.
“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.” – Carl Sandburg
Once a marvel
Domestic engineering
Sits inert
A hauntology is the presence of the past that is neither simply present nor absent.
“A ghost never dies, it remains always to come and to come-back.” – Jacques Derrida
Synthesis particular
Observable phenomenon
Cognitive characteristics
Mustang taillights with Austin-Healey 3000 reflection.
“I ease off the clutch, roll into the throttle, and the torquey six pulls with more verve than I expect.“ – Eddy Eckart
Stretched tight
Latent opposition
Balancing forces
Rescue rowboat hanging off the side of the Jamestown ferry.
“If you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it’s not as enjoyable; that’s survival.“ – Demetri Martin
Navigational aid
Warning signal
Entrance marker
To warn mariners of dangerous shallows and perilous rocky coasts to help guide vessels safely into and out of shelter.
“I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.” – Jim Carrey