Some new design words...

Some new design words...

Using the glossary extract 'From Landscape Theory in Design' by Susan Herrington, I've cherry-picked some key design words that are new to me with a summary of my own definitions. I chose this cover image to portray the concept of juxtaposition, with the contrast of New York City as a backdrop to the pastoral familiarity of a wheatfield - by land artist Agnes Denes in 1982.





ANALOGON - noun - a physical object that inspires a mental image, association, perspective or memory that is attached to the physical representation and reveals the hidden information known only to an individual with that intimate connection to said object.

BRACKET - thought experiment - where you don't take everything at face value and instead question and analyse what exists - almost suspending reality and detaching yourself from your environment to take a step back and see mundane things anew - like how you separate words/phrases into brackets - bracketing is the process of viewing things beyond the surface level.

HEGEMONY - noun- the social and political hierarchy of one dominant class so set in their given power they do not question the inequality. 

HEURISTIC - method of estimation using known and predictable qualities such as the length of your stride to measure distance etc.

MIMESIS - the phenomenon/tendency whereby art imitates reality, however, is not a given and can be called into question. 

MNEMONIC - adjective - Greek origin - meaning of or pertaining to 'memory' so if something is described as 'mnemonic' it means it sparks a memory and 'mnemonic devices' are used as a system to memorise information like word association or rhyming. 

QUINCUNX - system for planting trees that are evenly distributed in order to maximise growth potential, it resembles the five dots on dice with dots at the four corners and one dot at the centre. 

SEMIOTIC SQUARE - a diagram method of using binary oppositions to explore concepts by finding contradictions and complementaries. 

SERIALITY - in minimalist art seriality refers to repeating forms to create patterns that can be applied to landscape architecture - see Peter Walker example versus this artwork






VERNACULAR - (although a word I have often heard its meaning has alluded me in the past) - a vernacular landscape is formed from habits, cultural traditions and personal preferences rather than designers and function is at the forefront of its form, such as an allotment or agricultural farmland. 

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