Making Ornament: Past, Present, Future

Gary Huafan He and Matt McNicholas
Throughout history, ornament has served as an expression of specific cultures and historical moments. How does a designer with full access to these archives of history create ornament relevant in today’s world of digital fabrication? In this session, an ornament designer with a keen sensitivity for history and a great interest in neuroscience will converse with a scholar of ornament’s history. Together, they will examine the unique spatial powers of ornament and its effects on viewers past, present, and future on a cultural and neurological level.
Part of the Ornament's Refracted Cosmologies Colloquium

[@mythiccomputers]

Fantastic one-two punch: the more theoretical and literary explanation by Gary complemented perfectly the practical explanation and demo (!!!) by Matt. Thanks a million for uploading this and the other colloquia

[@FlorenceArtnet-ej5sl]

Thanks for sharing this, so enjoyable! I agree with all the reasons for using ornament in our environments, just never heard it said so concisely before. Here ( In Italy) the knowledge is still in the artisan culture inherited from generations before. It is in danger of being lost, however, even here.

[@javierpacheco8234]

Ornament should really be into the minds of architects again. It really is unfair how biased the modern movement came and destroyed the styles.

[@mo_zaky]

Why is Prince Wu wearing Mako’s scarf?