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

By: Page, Alison [author.]Contributor(s): Memmott, Paul [author.] | Neale, Margo [editor.] | National Museum of Australia [contributing body.]Material type: TextTextSeries: First knowledgesPublisher: Port Melbourne, VIC : Thames and Hudson, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 219 pages : illustrations (balck and white), maps ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781760761400Subject(s): Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs | Aboriginal Australians -- Architecture and society | Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology) | Creation -- Mythology -- AustraliaDDC classification: 305.89915 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.
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'First Knowledge' series edited by Margo Neale.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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