This is a live recording. I will be coming back to this episode, to ruminate and redo. That version is some weeks away.

This is an episode about Beauty. I have the book “On Beauty” by Umberto Eco sitting on my desk. Is that what triggered me to do this episode? Possibly.

Podcast structure:

Beauty in Three Parts

Insider language: The Chatter, the isms, the flipping

The preoccupation with thingness

The form of things

The essence within, the hidden

Links

Learner Centered Design Education: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/

Who is Soumitri: http://soumitri.com.au/

Memphis: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/sep/06/artsfeatures.arts

Monobloc: https://www.design-museum.de/en/exhibitions/detailpages/monobloc-a-chair-for-the-world.html

Brutalism Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/protecting-modernist-architecture-for-generations-to/id1125550898?i=1000552674089

Lisa Krohn phone: https://www.mcad.edu/events/visiting-artist-lecture-lisa-krohn