An abstract encounter via Glen Small. Plus, "Hit The Road, Glen"
TERMITE NEST, MANAGUA, NICARAGUA
I CAME ACROSS THIS ABANDONED TERMITE NEST, NEAR MY FEET,
WHILE ACTUALLY SITTING ON A CHAIR ON REAL EARTH THE OTHER DAY.
THERE IS A RANDOMNESS THAT PUTS THE BEES TO SHAME,
BUT WHO IS MORE PRODUCTIVE?
-Glen Small
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(Hit The Road, Glen) via small at large
“...BEING DONE IN BY AN UGLY TRUSS, WHAT A JOKE, THE REST OF THE COURSE WAS SPACE FRAME, THIN SHELL, FOLDED PLATE, TENSILE,
KINETIC ETC. AT LEAST THEY ARE A BIT MORE EXOTIC...”
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There is a extensive literature re-guarding nature and design, art, architecture. The 60s was a decade of innovative nature based design and rediscovery of classic texts on nature as the inspiration and aesthics for design.
On my bookshelf i spy
Peter Pearce NATURE AS A STRATEGY FOR DESIGN
D' Arcy Thompson GROWTH AND FORM
Ian McHarg DESIGN WITH NATURE (mostly planning)
V. Olgay DESIGN WITH CLIMATE
ralph knowles ENERGY AND FORM
ORGINS OF FORM christopher williams
Approaching Design Through Design Grace Martin
Natural Structures Robert Williams
also Ernst Haekel ART FORMS IN NATURE
plant photography of Karl Blossfelt
lots more... pls add more to the list
correction
Approaching Design Through NATURE the quiet joy Grace Martin
mostly on nature inspired fabric art
ANIMAL ARCHITECTURE karl von Frisch specifically references termite mounds
eric chavkin
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