Critical Making by Garnet Hertz

Tuesday 23rd November, 2021 - Bruce Sterling

*That series is eight years old and still intensely interesting.

http://conceptlab.com/criticalmaking/

CONTENTS (Version 2012-11-14-1225)

Critical Making – Introduction: 14 pages.
Garnet Hertz – Making Critical Making (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Introduction-pp01to10-Hertz-MakingCriticalMaking.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Acknowledgements (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Introduction-pp11to12-Hertz-Acknowledgements.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – How To Cite This Work (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Introduction-pp13to14-Hertz-HowToCiteThisWork.pdf)

Critical Making – Manifestos: 48 pages.
Daniel Charny – Power of Making (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp01to06-Charny-PowerOfMaking.pdf)

Anne Burdick – To Make is to Know (Release Date: 29 April 2014)
Norman White – A Summary of My Work Modes and Objectives (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp09to12-White-ASummaryOfMyWorkModesAndObjectives.pdf)

Garnet Hertz on John Maeda – All I Want To Be (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp13to14-HertzOnMaeda-AllIWantToBe.pdf)

Michael Dieter / Geert Lovink – Theses on Making in the Digital Age (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp15to20-DieterLovink-ThesesOnMaking.pdf)

Carl DiSalvo – Introducing Adversarial Design (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp21to22-DiSalvo-IntroducingAdversarialDesign.pdf)

Chris Csikszentmihalyi – Sixteen Reflective Bits (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp23to32-Csikszentmihalyi-SixteenReflectiveBits.pdf)

Jonah Brucker-Cohen – A Design Methodology for Deconstructing Networks (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp33to38-BruckerCohen-ADesignMethodologyForDeconstructingNetworks.pdf)

Julian Bleecker – Design Fiction’s Odd Present vs. Science Fiction’s Near Future (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp39to40-Bleecker-DesignFictionsOddPresentVsScienceFictionsNearFuture.pdf)

Julian Oliver / Gordan Savicic / Danja Vasiliev – The Critical Engineering Manifesto (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Manifestos-pp41-OliverSavicicVasiliev-TheCriticalEngineeringManifesto.pdf)
Critical Making – Terms: 56 pages.

Amanda Williams / Theresa Jean Tanenbaum – Palettes, Punchcards and Politics: Beyond Practicality and Hedonism (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp01to08-Williams-Tanenbaum-PalettesPunchcardsAndPolitics.pdf)

Anthony Dunne / Fiona Raby – Huggable Atomic Mushroom (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp09to13-Dunne-Raby-HuggableAtomicMushroom.pdf)

Ginger Coons – Breathing Spot Colour: A Critical Making Exploration of Physical Standards (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp14to22-Coons-BreathingSpotColour.pdf)

Marisa Cohn / Ylva Fernaeus – (Untitled) (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp23to26-Cohn-Fernaeus-Untitled.pdf)

Matthew Manos – Business as a Medium (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp27to32-Manos-BusinessAsAMedium.pdf)

Leonard Koren – Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp33to34-Koren-WabiSabi.pdf)

Albert Borgman – A Turn to Comprehension of Competence (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp35to40-Borgmann-ATurnToComprehensionOfCompetence.pdf)

Benjamin Gaulon – Hardware Hacking and Recycling Strategies in an Age of Technological Obsolescence (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp41to42-Gaulon-HardwareHackingAndRecyclingStrategiesInAnAgeOfTechnologicalObsolescence.pdf)

Alison Powell – Critical Making, Teaching & Politics (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp43to46-Powell-CriticalMakingTeachingAndPolitics.pdf)

Craig Saper – Participatory Decentralization (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Terms-pp47to48-Saper-ParticipatoryDecentralization.pdf)
Critical Making – Projects: 56 pages.

Patricia Watts – Vollis Simpson (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp01to04-Watts-VollisSimpson.pdf)

Jay Silver – MaKey MaKey (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp05to06-Silver-MakeyMakey.pdf)

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer – How to Make Very Large Projects (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp07to08-LozanoHemmer-HowToMakeVeryLargeProjects.pdf)

David Forbes – How I Designed the Video Coat (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp09to12-Forbes-HowIDesignedTheVideoCoat.pdf)

Golan Levin – Infoviz Graffiti (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp13to14-Levin-InfovizGraffiti.pdf)

Ken Gregory – Hazmat Kite (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp15to18-Gregory-HazmatKite.pdf)

Peter Flemming – Mistakes and Accidents (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp19to20-Flemming-MistakesAndAccidents.pdf)

Rob Duarte – Prototype for a Machine that Inserts Razor Blades into Apples (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp21to23and28-Duarte-PrototypeForAMachineThatInsertsRazorBladesIntoApples.pdf)

Mike Manalo – Soft Publics (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp24to27-Manalo-SoftPublics.pdf)

Niklas Roy – Autohonk (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp29to34-Roy-Autohonk.pdf)

Kristen Stubbs – The Hammer: A Do-It-Yourself Muscle-Controlled Light-up Dildo (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp35to36-Stubbs-TheHammer.pdf)

Norm White – Them Fuckin’ Robots / But Gate / Norm’s Neuromime (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp37to40-White-ThemFuckinRobotsButGateNormsNeuromime.pdf)

Daniel Jolliffe – Eight Missing Projects of the Maker Generation (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Projects-pp41to50-Jolliffe-EightMissingProjectsOfTheMakerGeneration.pdf)

Critical Making – Conversations: 40 pages.
Garnet Hertz – Interview with Matt Ratto (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Conversations-pp01to10-Hertz-RattoInterview.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Interview with Natalie Jeremijenko (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Conversations-pp11to16-Hertz-JeremijenkoInterview.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Interview with Alex Galloway (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Conversations-pp17to24-Hertz-GallowayInterview.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Interview with Phoebe Sengers (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Conversations-pp25to34-Hertz-SengersInterview.pdf)

Critical Making – Places: 44 pages.

McKenzie Wark – Making New York CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp00to07-Wark-MakingNewYork.pdf

Cheryl L’Hirondelle – Cree++ (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp08to10-LHirondelle-Cree++.pdf)

Esben Hardenberg – Kaere Hacker (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp11to12-Hardenberg-KaereHacker.pdf)

William James Hollaway / Helen Myers / Henry Jackson – Real Rydaz Lowrider Bike Club (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp13to18-HollawayMyersJackson-RealRydazLowriderBikeClub.pdf)

RideSouthLA – Fold, Ride, Share and Rebrand: a Low Tech Crowdmap for Social Change and Biking in South Los Angeles (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp19to20-RideSouthLA-FoldRideShareAndRebrand.pdf)

Kaiton Williams – Tun Yuh Han Mek Fashion: Jamaican DIY and the Making of a New World (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp21to22-Williams-TunYuhHanMekFashion.pdf)

Stephen Kovats – Juba: The World’s First Open Source City? Open Source and DIY Culture in Post-Conflict Development (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp23to26-Kovats-OSJUBA.pdf)

Richard Maxwell / Toby Miller – E-Waste: Elephant in the Living Room (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp27to32-MaxwellMiller-EwasteElephantInTheLivingRoom.pdf)

Silvia Lindtner – Xinchejian / HAXLR8R (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Places-pp33to36-Lindtner-XinchejianHaxlr8r.pdf)
Critical Making – Science: 20 pages.

Denisa Kera – Ontological Disobedience in the Age of Tinkering: Crowdsourcing Data or Hacking Hardware? (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Science-pp01to04-Kera-OntologicalDisobedienceInTheAgeOfTinkering.pdf)

Paul Dourish – The Politics of Information and Participation: Digital Citizenship and Public Science (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Science-pp05to12-Dourish-ThePoliticsOfInformationAndParticipation.pdf)

Stacey Kuznetsov / Alex S. Taylor / Tim Regan / Nicolas Villar / Eric Paulos – At the Seams: DIYbio and Public Engagement with Science CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Science-pp13to14-KuznetsovTaylorReganVillarPaulos-AtTheSeams.pdf)

Critical Making – Make: 24 pages.

Mitch Altman – Do Funding Sources Matter? Why I Chose to Stop Helping at Maker Faire After They Received Military Funding (For a Good Cause) CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Make-pp01to10-Altman-DoFundingSourcesMatter.pdf)

Dale Dougherty – Makerspaces in Education and DARPA (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Make-pp11to16-Dougherty-MakerspacesInEducationAndDARPA.pdf)

Mark Pauline / Karen Marcelo – SRL is Banned (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Make-pp17to18-PaulineMarcelo-SRLisBanned.pdf)

Critical Making – Childhood: 16 pages.
Scott Snibbe – Easter 1975 with the Snibbes / Easter 1978 with the Snibbes (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Childhood-pp01to04-Snibbe-Easter1975Easter1978.pdf)

Rebecca Niederlander – The Necessity of Authentic Boredom: Caine’s Arcade (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Childhood-pp05to06-Niederlander-TheNecessityofAuthenticBoredom.pdf)

Reed Ghazala – Bend or Make? (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Childhood-pp07to08-Ghazala-BendOrMake.pdf)

Liz Losh – Badges (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Childhood-pp09to10-Losh-Badges.pdf)

Marie Bjerede – Make: A Place for Genders to Intersect? (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Childhood-pp11-Bjerede-Make.pdf)
Critical Making – History: 24 pages.

Roger Malina – Informant Number 11: 100 Years of Scientific Making in Celebration of Frank Malina (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-History-pp01to06-Malina-InformantNumber11.pdf)

Make It Yourself – 1927 (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-History-pp07to14-MakeItYourself-1927.pdf)

Johannes Grensfurthner / Frank Apunkt Schneider – Hacking the Spaces (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-History-pp15to22-GrensfurthnerSchneider-HackingTheSpaces.pdf)

Envelope: 4 items.

Brian Kane – System Upgrade Now (vinyl sticker) (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Envelope-Kane-SystemUpgradeNow-VinylSticker.pdf)

RideSouthLA – Watts Ride (folding map) (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Envelope-RideSouthLA-WattsRide-FoldingMap.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Made: Technology on Affluent Leisure Time (vinyl sticker) (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Envelope-Hertz-Made-VinylSticker.pdf)

Garnet Hertz – Critical Making (hand-stamped paper sticker) (CriticalMaking2012Hertz-Envelope-Hertz-CriticalMaking-PaperSticker.pdf)