tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post6714600128034865847..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: how to design a doryDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-8007578996770195202009-06-13T07:13:12.338-05:002009-06-13T07:13:12.338-05:00Great article this last month about the maritime s...Great article this last month about the maritime silk road in National Geographic. A sunken treasure with thousands of tea bowls and gold. The ship was sewn together and shaped a bit like my first paper dory.<br /><br />The design of objects is a multi-generational and evolutionary process. My dory is dependent on two rather high-tech objects that took a million years of hands-on interaction with the environment to create. Paper and scissors. Add a rock to use as a hammer and you can build a culture.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-66142194005448681072009-06-13T03:41:35.706-05:002009-06-13T03:41:35.706-05:00The kids would love it! Another way of adding fun...The kids would love it! Another way of adding fun to the learning.<br /><br />As far as design, I wonder about the design (and designers) of the ships that traveled the Maritime Silk Road between China and Iraq over a thousand years ago. Their design was state of the art for the time, just right for the job they did.<br /><br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com