Comments on: Question your tea spoons

By: Question Technology

Question Technology — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:35:56 +0000

Question Your Tea Spoons…

This is a lovely passage from Georges Perec that Nicholas Nova quoted on his blog, Pasta Vinegar:What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms….

By: Nicolas Nova

Nicolas Nova — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:14:35 +0000

Merci Beruno!

Adam: Well, that’s a good point, what’s the purpose of answering these questions? Some ideas:
- descriptive/poetic/art level
- analysis level: to make comparison, see differences, appreciate them, understand the underlying reasons
- to inform design/ to create something based on these information
- to appreciate the richness of people’s creativity, innovation
- …

By: AG

AG — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:58:48 +0000

Gorgeous quote - you know I love me some Perec.

What I wonder is this: it’s now possible, or nearly so, to track and to know the answers to most all of those questions. All of them, anyway, save the most poetic. So what happens now? : . )

By: chronos/bruno (

chronos/bruno ( — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:51:22 +0000

Autre conclusion tout aussi intéressante du même Perec dans un autre livre “Espèces d’espaces” (Galilée, 1974)
“Nous passons d’un espace à un autre sans songer à mesurer, à prendre en compte ces laps d’espace. Le problème n’est pas d’inventer l’espace, mais de l’interroger, de le lire ; car ce que nous appelons quotidienneté n’est pas évidence, mais opacité : une forme de cécité une manière d’anesthésie.”