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Design: Building on Country

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Aboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion.

Alison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. Design: Building on Country issues a challenge for a new Australian design ethos, one that truly responds to the essence of Country and its people.

Part of the First Knowledges series offering an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future. On offer is two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern.

Author: Alison Page and Paul Memmott
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781921668500

Alliance Distribution  |  SKU: BKZ1005

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    8

Acknowledgement of Country

In the spirit of reconciliation, Zart acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and culture. We pay respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.