Ask
State the question. Look at its context. Establish what needs to be known.
The Approach
Begin with a question.Follow it through.
Different subjects need different methods. The questions below provide a starting point.
The Starting Point
What is the question?
What does it require?
Begin with what needs to be understood. Then consider what is being made, and for whom. The method follows the subject.
A lesson, a computing tool and a garment ask different things of the person making them. Each needs its own examination.
From a question to the work
An order to the work; room to reconsider.
Make
Give the idea a form. Choose the methods and materials that the work requires.
Return
Look at the result in use. What works? What needs to change?
Across Disciplines
Where the work meets.
Teaching and research both concern understanding. Hardware and software work together in a device. Watches, jewellery, clothing and buildings raise different questions of proportion and material.
A connection can be useful without making two subjects the same. Each company retains its own purpose.
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