Design: Building on Country

Building on Country (First Knowledges)

Cover Art for 9781760761400, Design: Building on Country by Alison Page
ISBN: 9781760761400
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Aust
Published: 27 April, 2021
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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. About the series: The First Knowledges books are co-authored by Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers; the series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of Australia. Other titles in the series include: Songlines by Margo Neale eLynne Kelly (2020); Country by Bill Gammage Bruce Pascoe (2021); Plants by Zena Cumpston, Michael Fletcher lLesley Head (2022); Astronomy (2022); Innovation (2023).

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