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Chapter 2

 

CONCEPTS AND THEMES
IN DESIGN

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rerntrhe te e aeetgr eetence revotuttun, Deng.
sdencc produces .o mneh pertorrnance per uml
or mmme tnvested a: to tatre eere ot on human
neeoe,

(Buzkmtnsm Men

All living own")... are -operr system‘: that I:
[0 say. they III-Imam thetr complex terms and
rnnettone through eonttnuuhe exchange: at
energtee and matertata wtth thetr envtronmem.
tneteatt pt ‘runmng dawn the a mechentrat tltx‘k
that otettpatee rte entry lhmugh rrtetton. me
nvmg ergontsm te consunuy ‘bufldmg up‘ more
cmnykx .nhneneoe trom the euheunee tt reed.
on, more comptex term of Energies trom the
chm-ye! tt atmrtta. an more complex potter-n5 o!
mfonlmuonw pereepuorte. reettnge. thoughts...
lam! me mpul ante receptor organs.
(Anhur Koestler, mamchwt tn the Merhmet

Moot tummy-tune problflvu eeneern 'tt‘loud'
ayeterna. where the reaettnnr take ptnee |n
oonxtnernent. and an be memd: an examplz Is
the expnnetph and compreestnn at gaa to n
eytteeer, taut tn an open eyererrr. energy te
gamed or lost trreverethty. and the system, he
cnvlmnmenL or both me ehnngeo hy the tn|err
actton.,, the sccond law or thermodynamtce
trtatee thntt energy lends In etsetptre and
organlled eyeteme drlfl tnevttahty towards
lumpy. or chaos, [n eeemtng vtolattort pt Lhal
taw, bmmglcal systems tend to heeorrte
tncreaetngy eempter And emrtent.

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awarded to "ya Pngoglne!

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calls tt. aetuatty created muse eonetuone lhnl are
reqntred ror ttr suppnn t and eyetematteany
huflds up the stock arrnatertete that It requtrea Io
move... towards tnoreaeng complmly, dwenfly.
and slabfllly.

(Edward Coldsmnh,19sl, ‘nla'modyxumiu or

Emdymmus“. 1hr zmtogtsn

Man did nut wenve the web or Me. he is merety a
etrrtnd |n II. Wh-tever he does to the web, he
does |o htrrteett V to harm the earth te to heep
contempt upon the cremor" contnmtnnte ynur
bed. and you wttt one ntght enhmte tn your turn
were

tchtet Seattle, 1854, mpmtdmg (D: u s

govrmmzm otter to buy Indian land t

7.1
INTRODUCTION

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at dimlivn has arisen to replete the tnhtnettnnt at
new tattoo and myth When we ten trthat the we tea
with H all guides to sensthte behaviour in the man
wodd, ol whteh we me pan and tn whteh we [Ive and
the. More to the pomt, by never having the time or
mmmonsense to evolve new or turrent gutdtng
diurnves, we hzv! torgotten how m evutve
saliewgulah'ug systrms Hence, the can tor a soetety m
whrrh we are all designers, {used on an ethteat and
applmd edtrrahon, wttha rtearhoneept ontte ethtts
The ear. hypnlhesxs, as tormtttatee by James
Lovelmk, it that the earth less and tees appears to
behave hke a matenrtt aeeemhly, and more and more
appears |o aet as a thought proress Even in the
mmnuk warld we are duhng Mix“! a hle tone, and