Tag Archives: modelling

John McCardle reviews ‘Design: Models of Change’

Design and Technology Education: An international Journal, 19(2),  June 2014, p.52 It’s not often I get the opportunity, let alone the inclination, to delve into a book and read it cover to cover. There are some books however that pull you in and refuse to let go. I am pleased that Ken Baynes’ latest publication, […]

Continue Reading Comments ( 0 )

Interaction and LDP’s Website: Childhood Memories

KEN BAYNES,  AUTHOR OF DESIGN: MODELS OF CHANGE,  DISCUSSES SOME EARLY RESPONSES TO HIS INVITATION Faraway is near at hand with images of elsewhere  In the 1980s this gnomic graffiti used to greet travellers coming in to Paddington station from the west. As a message about the vividness of visual modelling in our lives it needed a […]

Continue Reading Comments ( 0 )

Graphicacy and Culture: Refocusing on visual learning

Xenia Danos’s book seeks to contribute to the creation of a platform for education in the area of graphicacy. The foundation for the book is Xenia’s literature review concerning the development of graphicacy in humans. Despite exploring over 2000 references, the prior research was limited in scope, but raised many potentially interesting points of departure.

Continue Reading Comments ( 0 )