This is Not a Chair – The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception


Presentation Title:
  • This is Not a Chair – The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception

Abstract:

  • Abstract
    This paper investigates conceptions of materials in regard to what actions they make possible. This is done by way of a close up investigation of materials role in a design student project. The study adds dimensions of social and relational character to what is defined as “material” in design and it shed’s light on materials as sources of agency.

    Affordance
    We are all able to act with our own body but also limit