http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/25 Passionate about Weave Textiles Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:42:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://curiousweaver.id.au/archives/25/comment-page-1#comment-159 » Seeking Objective Beauty Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:10:09 +0000 http://curiousweaver.id.au/?p=25#comment-159 [...] I have always thought that beauty is subjective, how else can I explain ugly buildings etc., but according to architect, Christopher Alexander, it is objective. He maps out 15 (see them here as a review) properties of beauty, which include alternating repetition, positive space, boundaries and local symmetries. All of which can apply to a textile, its design, texture and function. He also doesn’t focus on the architectual blueprint as a plan which cannot be deviated from when the building is being created. [Sample Chapter 3 from the Nature of Order 3] [...] [...] I have always thought that beauty is subjective, how else can I explain ugly buildings etc., but according to architect, Christopher Alexander, it is objective. He maps out 15 (see them here as a review) properties of beauty, which include alternating repetition, positive space, boundaries and local symmetries. All of which can apply to a textile, its design, texture and function. He also doesn’t focus on the architectual blueprint as a plan which cannot be deviated from when the building is being created. [Sample Chapter 3 from the Nature of Order 3] [...]

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