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Radical Technology is a large-format, extensively illustrated collection of original articles concerning the reorganisation of technology along more humane, rational and ecologically sound lines. The many facets of such a reorganisation are reflected in the wide variety of contributions to the book. They cover both the 'hardware' - the machines and technical methods themselves - and the 'software' - the social and political structures, the way people relate to each other and to their environment, and how they feel about it all.The articles in the book range from detailed 'recipes' through general accounts of alternative technical methods, to critiques of current practices, and general proposals for reorganisation. Each author has been encouraged to follow her or his own personal approach, sometimes descriptive, sometimes analytic, sometimes technical, sometimes political. The contributors are all authorities in their fields. The book is divided into seven sections: Food, Energy, Shelter, Autonomy, Materials, Communication, Other Perspectives. Over forty separate articles include items on fish culture, small-scale water supply, biological energy sources, a definitive zoology of the windmill, self-help housing, building with subsoil, making car-tyre shoes, the economics of autonomous houses, what to look for in scrap yards, alternative radio networks, utopian communities, and technology in China. Between the main sections are interviews with prominent practitioners and theorists of Radical Technology, including John Todd of the New Alchemy Institute; Robert Jungk, author of Humanity 2000; the Street Farmers, a group of anarchist architects; Peter van Dresser; and Sietz Leeflang, editor of Small Earth, the Dutch journal of alternative technology. Also included between the main sections of the book is a series of visionary drawings by the gifted illustrator Clifford Harper, evoking the spirit and practice of Radical Technology: 'how it could be'. These drawings, or 'visions' include a communal- ised urban garden layout; a household basement workshop; a community workshop; a community media centre; a collectivised terrace of urban houses; and an autonomous rural housing estate, The book ends with a comprehensive directory of the literature and active organisations in Radical Technology. This notes inevitable gaps in the book's coverage, points the reader to where more information can be found, and provides also an overall picture of a growing movement. It is an unusual book.

62 --- #TWER:d.d.Prof.G.De Lepeleire --- Ingenieurswetenschappen. Technologie in het algemeen --- Hippiecultuur --- Ontwerppraktijk ; DIY (Do It Yourself) design ; om zelf te maken --- Natuurlijke materialen ; DIY --- Ambachten ; vakmanschap ; handwerk ; en beoefenaars --- 749.02 --- Architectuur ; bouwtechnieken ; ambachten --- Meubelkunst en design ; technieken, materialen

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This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the traditional Japanese appreciation for "objects born, not made." Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical.Soetsu Yanagi is often mentioned in books on Japanese art, but this is the first translation in any Western language of a selection of his major writings. The late Bernard Leach, renowned British potter and friend of Mr. Yanagi for fifty years, has clearly transmitted the insights of one of Japan's most important thinkers. The seventy-six plates illustrate objects that underscore the universality of his concepts. The author's profound view of the creative process and his plea for a new artistic freedom within tradition are especially timely now when the importance of craft and the handmade object is being rediscovered.

Leach, Bernard (1887-1979) --- Kunstfilosofie ; esthetica ; 20ste eeuw --- Ambachten ; vakmanschap ; handwerk --- Kunst; esthetica; Japan; Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) --- Cultuurgeschiedenis ; over vakkennis of de teloorgang ervan --- Kunstbeschouwing ; Japan --- 749.01 --- Meubelkunst en design ; theorie, filosofie, esthetica

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A piece must be practical enough to be used every day. It must be crafted at its place of origin, using traditional techniques and materials. And it must be handmade. Japanese craft has long been revered for its quality and beauty, and skilled craftwork remains an important part of Japanese life. 'Utsuwa', meaning 'for everyday use', embodies the ethos of handmaking in Japan, where handcrafted wares must be as practical as they are beautiful. This book takes us behind the scenes into the private studios of some of Japan's most exciting artisans to reveal stories of material, method, place and culture. It guides us through quiet galleries and colourful marketplaces, where the provenance of a piece is central to its story. Utsuwa is a love letter to the makers and sellers, and to all those who share the Japanese reverence for tradition and beauty.

Applied arts. Arts and crafts --- crafts [art genres] --- handmade --- gebruiksvoorwerpen --- Japan --- Artisanat --- Céramique --- Poterie, japonaise --- Arts, Japonais --- Artisans --- Arts décoratifs --- Japon --- Us et coutumes --- Handicraft --- Ceramics --- Pottery, Japanese --- Arts, Japanese --- Decorative arts --- 749.039(520) --- 738.039 --- Traditionele ambachten --- Ambachtelijke producten en hun makers ; 21ste eeuw --- Ambachten ; vakmanschap ; handwerk ; en beoefenaars --- Keramiek ; Japan ; 21ste eeuw --- Japanese arts --- Japanese pottery --- Ceramic technology --- Industrial ceramics --- Keramics --- Building materials --- Chemistry, Technical --- Clay --- Meubelkunst en design ; 1950 - 2000 ; Japan --- Keramiek ; 2000 - 2050 --- Social life and customs. --- J6600 --- Japan: Art and antiquities -- industrial art, craft and design

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Anne-Claude Lelieur, Raymond Bachollet --- fotografie --- Kollar François --- reportagefotografie --- interbellum --- Front Populaire --- Frankrijk --- arbeid --- arbeiders --- landbouw --- ambachten --- industrie --- 77.071 KOLLAR --- 77.044 KOLL --- Occupations --- Working class --- Commons (Social order) --- Labor and laboring classes --- Laboring class --- Labouring class --- Working classes --- Social classes --- Labor --- Career patterns --- Careers --- Jobs --- Trades --- Vocational guidance --- Work --- Pictorial works --- Employment

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Kunsttheorie --- Peter Dormer --- 7.01 --- kunst --- kunsttheorie --- ambachten --- design --- kunstnijverheid --- schilderkunst --- beeldhouwkunst --- kunsttechniek --- techniek --- 745.01 --- 7.02 --- Kunst ; theorie, filosofie, esthetica --- Art --- Handicraft --- Philosophy. --- Crafts (Handicrafts) --- Handcraft --- Occupations --- Decorative arts --- Manual training --- Sloyd --- Beautiful, The --- Beauty --- Aesthetics --- Art and philosophy --- Philosophy --- Analysis, interpretation, appreciation