Otto Von Busch talk: Inspirational with lots of visions and political perspectives "Every grain of soil contains imperialism". Connecting craft and design, sketching and production. Today this is separated but we need to be seen as two levels.
Otto gave perspectives of sloyd and DIY movements. Today everyone can contribute and produce things (crowdsourcing, 3d printers etc), but how do we create a system where people are actually paid for their contribution? How can we connect practices?And how can the craft practice contribute to and manifest social self-reflection? Also we need to connect practices. I totally agree.
Otto described Friedrich Frödel: " We best understand what we can produce". In this we also need to consider values and power. Producing things "because we can" is not sustainable. What do we ground our design in, how does it affect society and nature?
A child playing in a playground made by willow craft (pil in swedish) at Vasaparken in Gothenburg (Arranged by Helena Hansson, HDK). Why are all playgrounds currently being built in plastics? Where is the sand, the leaves, and the threes? What relation to nature do we give our children by removing natural materials from their daily play? Are plastics really more safe? Maybe from physical injury? But this is based on our current understanding, from what we see, what we know, and what we build.
Maybe we need to reflect more on what we build and why? Maybe we can learn something from craftsmen? Something about social innovation and sustainable perspectives of materials?
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