F On the Perception of a Material Miller, Meredith L. author. Moran, Thom author. software, multimedia |d| UrbanNext January 10, 2019 monographic eng

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1087 words. While entirely unscientific, this litmus test elicits a knee-jerk reaction to a given material in excess and reveals our assumptions about its relative cultural value. For many of us, it’s a no-brainer: we don’t (or shouldn’t) like plastic. But plastics are amazing! They have enabled humanity to enter outer space and made our mattresses more comfortable, among other things. It’s clear that plastic can do almost anything other materials can do. This capacity inspired Roland Barthes to write, “…this amazement is a pleasurable one, since the scope of the transformations gives man the measure of his power and since the very itinerary of plastic gives him the euphoria of prestigious free-wheeling through Nature.” Designing Matter, Essay, expanding design practices, Meredith Miller, No Density, Possible Mediums, Technology and fabrication, Thom Moran Architecture&nature, Comfort, Cultural agitator, Designing Matter, Ecology, Essay, Material experimentation, Materials, New materials, Plastic, Pollution, Research This essay is part of "Possible Mediums" by Kelly Bair, Kristy Balliet, Adam Fure and Kyle Miller, published by Actar Publishers -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2018931568 Architecture Waste Management Materials Pollution 2575-5374 https://urbannext.net/free-wheeling-through-nature/ https://urbannext.net/free-wheeling-through-nature/ ES-BaAUN 221102 20221228123153.0 eng