Amy Haigh’s Interworlding Objects

London-based interdisciplinary designer and storyteller Amy Haigh has produced for her diploma work at The Royal College of Arts, London a series of clever objects that cross the species divide and question the anthropocentric as well as the ontological boundaries of objects in general.
0
Shares
0
0
0
0

Cited Sources:

Von Uexkull, Jakob. Trans. Joseph D. O’Neil. A Foray into the world of Animals and Humans with a Theory of Meaning, Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Morton, Timothy. Hyperobjects; Philosophy and Ecology After the End of the World.Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Pasztory,  Esther. Thinking with Things. Texas: University of Texas Press, 2005.

Benjamin, Walter.  “One-way street.” Trans. Edmund Jephcott. Selected Writings , Vol. 1, 487. Original in Benjamin, Walter “Einbahnstrasse”, Gesammelte Schriften, Vol. 4:1.

Heidegger, Martin. Trans. Joan Stambaugh. Being and Time. New York: State University of New York Press 1996. Originally published by Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tubingen, 1935.

1. Heidegger and Uexkull were certainly aware each other’s work and shared a common acquaintance in the poet Rilke. Heidegger was often known to cite the work of Uexkull’s and it is no coincidence that both thinker share some ideas [Winthrop-Young in Uexkull, 230].

2. Heidegger, 69-79

3. ibid.

Ned spends most of his time wondering how our world can better support the lives within it. Musings fit for print end up here. He hopes you enjoy them.

— Previous article

Buildings + Germs

Next article —

A conversation with Amy Haigh

You May Also Like
Read More
  • 2 minute read
PPosts

Update: Nature’s Toolbox

On September 4th, 2014 Ned Dodington delivered the inaugural lecture at the University of Northern Iowa's School of art to a filled auditorium of students, faculty and guests. A recording of the lecture, in full, can be viewed at the link below.
Read More
  • 3 minute read
PPosts

Land, Sea and Air

The project proposes to construct dwellings in an appropriate form along the river bank. A central focus of the project is to address concerns about the impact on the environment around the site. This led to an in-depth study of the local wildlife, looking at ways in which these dwellings also could be conceived to create habitats for specific animals other than humans.
PPosts

Biomimicry Decried

Harvard Magazine features two “ecologically sensitive” projects from HOK and opens up a fruitful discussion regarding bio-mimicry. Bio-mimicry…
Read More
  • 1 minute read
PPosts

Intersections 2016

Intersections 2016 is a cross-disciplinary conference of quality of life, health, equity, development and environmental issues facing the growing Houston area. The goal is to foster synergistic thinking and collaboration by bringing different people together, and to demystify the mechanisms for creating sustainable change.