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This question was asked in order to grant the ability to produce an ‘influence
map’ of exemplary practitioners in the field of enquiry and to establish nodal
points within this. It also served to bring to the attention of the researcher
practitioners that were not known previously. It was reassuring that (with the
exception of some practitioners from the area of textiles) the researcher was
aware of all of these.
Practice
The researcher asked a series of questions of the practitioners about the
relationship between their practice and other disciplines. Further questions
were asked to establish if the practitioners thought a trend towards a hybrid
model of art & design practice is emerging out of the use of computer-based
design and fabrication technologies.
36. In terms of discipline where do you do you locate your practice?
Practitioner 1 I see it on the design/art fringe. Some pieces that I do that
are art, some pieces that I do that are design and some that
are going to be straight on the boundary of the two
somewhere.
Practitioner 2 I use the term ‘designer’… what’s going to probably define
me in the future is the blur between art and design
where these disciplines mix.
Practitioner 3 Hybrid practice or digital craftsmanship but using digital
tools.
Practitioner 4 It depends on what I’m working on at the time
Practitioner 5 Self-defined product artist
Practitioner 6 Differing projects I undertake sit in different contexts, but
predominantly within designer/maker practice.
The focus of this research is to explore and evaluate work happening across
traditional disciplines through the use of common digital tools. When asked
where they locate their practice only 1 (17%) of these practitioners was definitive
that he was a ‘designer’. However, he then stated that he saw his work in the
future being defined in the blur between art and design. 3 (50%) stated their
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