Comments for AD http://www.normanfellows.com/ad A continuously updated report on Anticipatory Design by Norman Fellows Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 Comment on Topic outline: para 2.1 by admin http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=491&cpage=1#comment-12 admin Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:27:34 +0000 http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=491#comment-12 The Medikit project - ie worldwide medical system - by Anthony Dugdale, Bill Busman and Dolan Conway [14] was an early entry project of this type in the field of health. Tony was a student of CP's and there is no question that Medikit is an interpretation of some of CP's work. Thus Edukit is in some ways a re-interpretation. The Medikit project - ie worldwide medical system - by Anthony Dugdale, Bill Busman and Dolan Conway [14] was an early entry project of this type in the field of health. Tony was a student of CP’s and there is no question that Medikit is an interpretation of some of CP’s work. Thus Edukit is in some ways a re-interpretation.

]]> Comment on CP on problem solving by Norman Fellows http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=328&cpage=1#comment-9 Norman Fellows Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:07:36 +0000 http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=328#comment-9 In an interview in 1996, CP said that: "If you've got - if you've accepted (the point about architecture being slow) on board - where I would disagree with Bucky - well I wouldn't disagree with him - I have a different point of view that the whole use of the word 'problem' is too confining - in my mind it's too confining to me as a designer. So there's a sort of subjective element to this that, because of various pedestrian reasons I told you last time, I do not consider architecture should be involved with problem solving at all. It takes a great weight off my mind in assessing what it should be involved with - and what it should be involved with is conditions of social betterment, which can include scientific or all sorts of social betterment, that hitherto were thought impossible. Problem solving - if you can define a problem then nine times out of ten you think there's some solution involved. So I find problem solving far too limiting a concept. Whereas, whereas if I was to spend my life dedicated to the playing of chess I'd probably find problem solving the be-all and end-all. And so it does differ and I tend not to agree with Bucky." (Price, quoted in Fellows, 1996). In an interview in 1996, CP said that:
“If you’ve got - if you’ve accepted (the point about architecture being slow) on board - where I would disagree with Bucky - well I wouldn’t disagree with him - I have a different point of view that the whole use of the word ‘problem’ is too confining - in my mind it’s too confining to me as a designer. So there’s a sort of subjective element to this that, because of various pedestrian reasons I told you last time, I do not consider architecture should be involved with problem solving at all. It takes a great weight off my mind in assessing what it should be involved with - and what it should be involved with is conditions of social betterment, which can include scientific or all sorts of social betterment, that hitherto were thought impossible. Problem solving - if you can define a problem then nine times out of ten you think there’s some solution involved. So I find problem solving far too limiting a concept. Whereas, whereas if I was to spend my life dedicated to the playing of chess I’d probably find problem solving the be-all and end-all. And so it does differ and I tend not to agree with Bucky.” (Price, quoted in Fellows, 1996).

]]> Comment on CP on AD by Norman Fellows http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-8 Norman Fellows Mon, 01 Sep 2008 10:23:19 +0000 http://www.normanfellows.com/ad/?p=41#comment-8 During an interview in 1993 I asked CP to clarify the term ‘anticipatory design’. CP replied: “… if you can design something that prevents conditions that if not prevented would cause adverse conditions it is … anticipatory.” (Cedric Price, quoted in Norman Fellows, Interview Transcript 2, 18th February 1993). During an interview in 1996 I asked CP if the terms ‘anticipatory design’ and ‘comprehensive anticipatory design science’ are synonymous or are there important differences. CP replied: “… I think the most important difference is the ‘anticipatory design’ - which is my word - and ‘anticipatory design science’. The difference between that is that I am assuming that there is a science involved with various aspects of anticipatory design but my assumption is therefore narrowing it down in relation to systems or products that result from such design. So mine is a narrowing of Bucky’s. That’s the main point. The ‘comprehensive’ is as good as you make it. You know, we both agree it should be comprehensive, I think that my concept of comprehensive would be limited through lack of comprehensivity in the Bucky phraseology. … (Bucky’s) was more comprehensive but he was interested in a design science. I was assuming that there is a design science and just evidencing it in actual objects or systems.” (Cedric Price, quoted in Norman Fellows, Interview Transcript 3, 23rd July 1996) From CP on AD, 2008/08/11 at 12:57 PM <div id="YontooInstallID" style="display: none;">2DFF119C-624A-0623-825A-6A3D8FDB0FC3</div> <div id="YontooJSVersion" style="display: none;">1.02.21</div> <div id="YontooClientVersion" style="display: none;">1.02.05</div> During an interview in 1993 I asked CP to clarify the term ‘anticipatory design’. CP replied: “… if you can design something that prevents conditions that if not prevented would cause adverse conditions it is … anticipatory.” (Cedric Price, quoted in Norman Fellows, Interview Transcript 2, 18th February 1993).

During an interview in 1996 I asked CP if the terms ‘anticipatory design’ and ‘comprehensive anticipatory design science’ are synonymous or are there important differences. CP replied: “… I think the most important difference is the ‘anticipatory design’ - which is my word - and ‘anticipatory design science’. The difference between that is that I am assuming that there is a science involved with various aspects of anticipatory design but my assumption is therefore narrowing it down in relation to systems or products that result from such design. So mine is a narrowing of Bucky’s. That’s the main point. The ‘comprehensive’ is as good as you make it. You know, we both agree it should be comprehensive, I think that my concept of comprehensive would be limited through lack of comprehensivity in the Bucky phraseology. … (Bucky’s) was more comprehensive but he was interested in a design science. I was assuming that there is a design science and just evidencing it in actual objects or systems.” (Cedric Price, quoted in Norman Fellows, Interview Transcript 3, 23rd July 1996) From CP on AD, 2008/08/11 at 12:57 PM

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