Re: [design] edward t hall

a quick look at his work with proxemics provides interesting analogies to differing cross cultural spatial concepts...i'll read more soon. found a brief description from the center for spacially integrated science
http://www.csiss.org/classics/content/13

thanks, brian for the encouragement...the design-l contributing listmembers' comments are stimulating and lively. your wtc concepts are lots to think about, will consider them in more depth and respond.

cheryl

----- Original Message ----- From: "brian carroll" <human@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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the above reminds me of a the work of edward t. hall who
writes/wrote about cultural differences in terms of design.
one of the anecdotes from one of his several books is the
idea of 'space' between eastern and western worldviews,
in that apparently space is considered empty in the latter
while in the former it is considered full. this was once
discussed in-depth for tens of posts sometime in the last
decade, i forget the timeline, though i think the word
'ma' has something to do with it (book is not handy to
reference to find out). in any case wondering if anyone
is familiar with the work of edward t. hall or the
concept of full space versus empty space... brian

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