{"id":2613,"date":"2008-11-11T12:57:54","date_gmt":"2008-11-11T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2017-08-18T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T18:06:19","slug":"refinement-in-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nearfuturelaboratory.com\/2008\/11\/11\/refinement-in-degrees\/","title":{"rendered":"Refinement in Degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3136\/3021644951_484376a553_b.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3136\/3021644951_484376a553.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>A scale of design models in these check boxes suggests refinement from basic form to mechanical, color, materials and so forth \u2014 stopping at full appearance. Appearance absent functionality, which can only be inferred based on what it is a model <em>of<\/em>. In the world  of mobile phones, the functionality is implicit \u2014 making calls and so a design prototype need not concern itself with use and operation.<\/p>\n<p>Or does it?<\/p>\n<p>What are the ways design can dig below the appearance, into actual use in order to better understand the contexts and vernacular aspects of people and their practices? Can it be done rapidly \u2014 quick enough to place things in context so that the freshness of the idea from its inception is decanted into the &#8220;model&#8221;? What about fictionalizing that experience \u2014 making props, instead of prototypes?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A scale of design models in these check boxes suggests refinement from basic form to mechanical, color, materials and so forth \u2014 stopping at full appearance. Appearance absent functionality, which can only be inferred based on what it is a model of. 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