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December 22, 2008
Essential Design Concepts: Ergon
"One of the most fundamental design concepts is ergon, which is a Greek term meaning work or activity. (...) An ergon is an activity or function essential to any person or thing. It is a concept as old as Aristotle, who wrote that just as a knife has an ergon of cutting, so a flute-player or sculptor each have a distinctive ergon." (Ken Archer - Machines for Living)
Posted by PJB at December 22, 2008 11:48 AM