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originally written on September 15, 2002















were only men. A Greek nature submitted to the protection of the laws of science, and a Frenchman who in 1900 years later showed the existence of substance thinking. Although few have read, most of humanity knows that both are among their most brilliant members. Aristotle introduced
Western logic and tried to convince all speech calling the reason (or 'logos'). Eventually the frustrated human frailties, and he admitted his desire resigned two appeals: the pathos of emotion, and ethos of the character. All three are still standing, but the Logos is the strongest.
Later, René Descartes equated the being and rationality with powerful simplicity. With its "I think, therefore I am" statement without emotion and with impeccable logic, they say, more precise argument conceivable. That strengthened the rule of reason whose power had emerged with the big-bang mental writing the opening of the story. Too many rules


Writing, wrote Antonio Cárdenas Walle, is the essence of science. Thanks to the concepts they catch it all. Every freak of nature. Each object. Each of the meanings that fuel design.
Over the centuries the same reason hypertrophied invaded
knowledge of many disciplines. And today in much of our academy is an obstacle that threatens to devour
expressive design capacity in Colombia. Because logos without intelligence is so abhorrent
as intelligence without emotions.
project is stifling (and even think) among too many rules about how they should design, especially if those providing the fashionable dogma use a terminology mazacote stolen from philosophy, linguistics and other disciplines, as if written poorly learners text cartoons will never be critical reflection.
Many of these laws have been expressed only when called to account for breaking the student. Its design process is limited to making three-dimensional satisfactory explanations as to why teachers are not designed in a way, and if unable to give them or they judge them unacceptable Is declared unworthy to be among the designers!
Outside the university, in the real world, things happen. Even it that certain skills to design, or pretend to, "comply with the financial means. And both theoretical gadget is unnecessary to achieve celebrity.

whole reason
Italian Angelo Mangiarotti, outstanding example of urban planning and design of the twentieth century, praised about the virtues of a club head that was given by a Japanese architect: "It's a simple piece-cut so that two of them extracted natural stem-take an object of the branch with extraordinary intelligence. Respect the material. And art. But above all the theoretical position of the object in the design. Is unique. This object will never be a work of art just exactly what in essence should be. " Mangiarotti
himself, one of the great sound of Italian design, the 'exile' in 1989 in Japan and found "Mangiarotti and Associates" based in Tokyo, seems to recognize how hard to design out of the culture in which a born expected to do. Good to know, to evaluate human activity, theories, prisoners of time and space, often reflect the disparate ideologies within which they took shape. Especially if
contemporary thinkers, in which teachers are a subspecies, we exist only in our heads and have rightly demanded. Rarely allow contributions of the "outer space." Our mother, the daughter of Descartes, modernity is the brain we infected with the virus of selfishness.
affirm that culture produces the object, which generates the design and forget that both the object and design, culture generated in a scenario where our intellectual isolation contributes to the crisis of certainty.

A curious paradox
If we send the words of this essay to a search engine like Google or Yahoo, or join by hyperlink to other pages, will find thousands of web sites that explain each of them in countless ways. All true and all false as relative realities.
Where is the reason?
By changing the print to the virtual we left the haven of sanity. Humanity is setting up a network and live with it thousands of years. Knowledge, we are designers or not, lies outside us overwhelmingly. Has begun to crumble organized empire built by the lackeys of the modern. Congratulations, for the hypothetical accuracy was useless to relieve the man. Descartes himself agreed, saying: "A joy illusion is often more worthy than the genuine pain."
When the word in a systematic way separated from the natural world to speak of objects, used logic as a tool. But by a curious paradox when logic computer networking was right mad. We have to investigate the possibilities of the Internet, one click is one hundred cultures and design elements they provide. Although the archaic kingdoms how to design follow the conventional way, most of the objects of the future will be designed by electronic scanning of the universal sources. However
in space and cyberspace, the reason the real discursive logos will remain simple. Simple. Lacking emotions, such as Descartes postulated's definition Mangiarotti Japanese head.
speeches there will no longer far-fetched claim owned by the logic driving while his emotional makeup pedantry. That will be tomorrow. Today there are still too many authors with an amplitude inversely proportional argument setting forth the truth. My dissertation is as flawed as theirs. The difference is that I accept.
Anyway, Aristotle and Descartes were men. Only men. Perhaps the most outstanding
having existido.Y perhaps the most misunderstood.

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E31 E30 balls on letters and rhetoric

















Lyrics balls
By: Alfredo Gutiérrez Borrero


Judging by the comments of Andrés López, the "Ball lyrics" refers, rather than the engraved rubber ball, the status of those (which one ball?) Send and receive words whose full meaning ignored. All taught as Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, who in his book "Dianetics" (which sums up the doctrine from which developed the religion of Scientology or "knowing about knowing") prescribes never miss misunderstood words as such act encourages any confusion. However, it is paradoxical that, while each function of laughter Lopez dislocates the public, its deployment of sociology bufo stigmatizes daily, without ever specifying its genuine sense, various linguistic expressions of indisputable validity. Sadly, the credibility and credulity raised by "Ball lyrics" on millions of viewers (most can not distinguish the wit of reality) may, despite correctly portray the gap between intention and achievement in several generations of compatriots maul verbal Colombian heritage.

But as repeating bland praise lavished by many media to the obvious skills of the actor, would be to assume that "Ball of Letters" was seen by all, or was of general satisfaction. Security raised also yawns and anger, and some will agree that some objections ennoble the art form extending its reach. Anyway, the balls (usually elastic balloons coated goat hair, or 'ball', hence their name, and lined with leather or rubber) to have the game. At the risk of appearing spoilers, dialectical in this case.

balls I know that thinking about loved ones outside the view, generates suspicion, but as the old critics of the box in the Muppet Show, I think the best complement to the art dissent that idolatry. Consequently, several colombianísimas crutches indemnify it I think, after seeing his job scenic upbraideth López, an epidemic fear of ridicule could eradicate national speech, something regrettable, since, for that sound ridiculous, serene, chiflón, bands and other expressions are legitimate members of the Merriam Webster English Academy (DRAE) with a better claim to popular favor so proactive, empowering and serendipity upstart in our language (not to mention benchmarking, rafting, and other outsourcing Anglicisms colonialists). Anyone try to write 'deal' or 'acomedirse' in a word processor Microsoft Word spell check enabled for English and find no red underlines indicate impropriety. Even Bill Gates subscribers accept their authenticity and litigate your case warrants it. Sereno

dark and grumpy chiflón
day to calm mentioned López. What a rarity, in that "calm" applies only to atmospheric humidity at night (from the Latin "serum" which means evening or night), hence "the watchman" translated "to the elements of the Night" (and "weather "is" inequality of time, "can there be another day or night). Thus, Mexicans, among others, called "calm" to the night watchmen (by chance saw López any day), and we "serenades" noctívagas certain musical evenings to entertain loved ones. Of course, there is another "quiet" of different Latin root qualifies clear days or, figuratively, a peaceful people, but I doubt that our parents were appalled by the people quiet or to fear that a clear day produjese pneumonia. Injured

Andrés shakers also the beautiful noun "chiflón" as in America to designate a "subtle current of air whistling through the cracks is introduced," derived from "whistle", which is beeping with the whistle called "nuts" or mimic their sound with his mouth. It also solves the dilemma DRAE lopista disbanded if it's possible to define yourself or with "banding" and "manage to meet the needs of saving life or difficulties" (something feasible for parents of Lopez, or any of us , alone or accompanied). Another term requiring repair ball is "acomedirse" DRAE described as used in America (not only in Colombia) to "spontaneously and graciously provided to a service." Thus, "acomedido" are helpful and obliging, and the "desacomedido, inattentive and inconsiderate. Viewers "

ensotados?
rehabilitations continue with the term "ensotarse" which Grieving parents López when reproached him for his fondness for the small screen ("Look, all day watching TV ensotado). Funny because "ensotarse" involves hiding in a "grove" from the Latin "saltus" for "forest" - or place full of weeds and trees (something Lee would mess his bedroom). More illustrious ancestry is "deal" that, contrary argued by Andrew, not derived from the dialect of housewives Modelia, but the speech of the Goths, who were not Laureano Gómez and Mariano Ospina but an ancient Germanic people who produced several famous kings of the Iberian peninsula (including the unfortunate Rodrigo, who, although struggled a lot, succumbed to the Moors in 711 Guadalete in battle). Goth "Brik" to "hit" born "work through" the dictionary includes such as "Fight, fight, wrestle each other," "busy, working diligently" or "combat risks or difficulties." Hence, Lee's parents and other "cool", as I do that I am a model 68, struggled to educate as much as the unfortunate Rodrigo against the Moors in Guadalete. Oh, and the correct combination is: I struggle, you struggle, etc. (If you say "I Briego" are, to say lópezco, a "claw" and denounce the crimson underlined by typing the word in the computer.)

Orkney and rosettes
Thanks to "Ball of Letters" are verbs almost hopeless. As "aerate" the comedian considers alien (of air in Latin is "aura" ), and concerns when something or someone is cooled by the wind, or air drying, or liberated by it of moisture and odors (fields are left to air, etc.). More battered by Lopez is "scalable enabling" ("What is it? Or rather, how to spell it?" Question.) Simple, is another variant accepted by the DRAE of "busts" that combines the prefix "un" to "off" with "skull", and corresponds to "hurt or injured in the head (until you poke the skull? ) and even in other parts "or" causing damage or injury. " Equally urgent need to save the setback, the lips of caustic Lopez, "Rosette" so dear to Bogota to name the forced molt excess sunlight rejoice in summer getaway after neighbors verbigracia Melgar, Tolima. Here, the DRAE referred to, where English speakers are "peel and crack", Colombian, Costa Rican and Venezuelan "Rosette." Lopez also despise the words "fit" ("cover the foot with shoes" as the DRAE) and "sit" which the dictionary says: "For food and drink, be well received and digested by the stomach. Also be used as adverbs denial with good and evil. " Perhaps the only voice worthy of vilification pelotaletresco is "had" irregular singular sports footwear, although DRAE warns that "tennis is plural, so the validation of a singular, this one would be "had" a term that I never heard except in jokes counted among friends. Disclaimers


weeks ago told my students in college that almost the generality of the words whose use was correct López joke again, and I was amazed that expressed skepticism. Many believed, because of "Ball of Letters" (horror) that were all linguistic errors! That led to start what is now concluded. For others, I applaud the amalgamation of the pants that exposed the goofy Heidi Pedro at each hop by the Alpine countryside, and the studied elegance of the Colombian mothers last century dancing the "San ... San ... Fernando ", or Wilfrido termite, with a whiff of aged egg sandwich at noon with embossed metal lunchbox of Lee Majors, aka Steve Austin, aka Nuclear Man. While Chaplin said that in the end it is joke, and if it is very good, was to laugh, do mourn. My eyes welled delineations that Lopez made "The Jimmy Show" Maya the bee funny and tragic counterpart Jose Miel; vibré seeing sing the theme of Mazinger Z and especially in the finale of his act to the tune of Seigi no Mono Gekko Kamen Ashiru or better Centella the judge who starred childish dreams of my contemporaries. In my memory he revived the "Chico Marine and Ocean Patrol", the "Agent S5" and "Triton of the Sea", pieces of an extraordinary childhood in Bogotá loved this forever.

Well done, Lopez gave a glow to live Colombia! and I appreciate that, but oh, grand champion of meaning revealed!, distort too many endearing words Creoles. Sorry

such quote, but it is unworthy to leave it.

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Design and E29

Three ways to persuade

Originally written on September 8, 2002

When I grow up I want to be a designer.
They say that Colombian children?
Certainly not. His sympathies
professional nursing are reported by the police and the office of heroic firefighters. The design is unpopular among them. And while the growing preference change should consider the position in your mind have clinics, barracks and fire stations.
is essential if we want to spread the design. Well
capture what they understand it all. The people are children
crowds. Jerome Bruner
regard-science giant twentieth-century cognitive notable highlights evolutionary changes in the development of representation: At first the child knows the world through actions which relate to it. Emerge after a second technical representative to some extent free from the action, through imagery. Finally it is shown another powerful method to convert the image into action and language.
Each of these methods of representation, acting, iconic and symbolic, "says Bruner, provides special forms to explain the circumstances.


Communication design is undoubtedly a more figurative occupation complex for the infant that the firefighter or police.
Since humans have small beginnings of the concepts of fire, disease and crime. With different design happens. It is in adolescence (and greater cognitive repertoire) that the concept is understood. Moderately
.
Despite being in a world full of objects classified as cultural attributes established and appointed by the language, the child never thinks that "design" when playing with them.
While it does. Instead
naturally interprets who puts out the flames shot or even the police can be plotted on paper. But when I asked my niece to four years to draw a "designer."
His face expressed an eloquent ... ¿?




Which leads to something that sensible people avoid: thinking about design.
What are the designs? In essence communication such as gestures and speech. And as such mixed signs and symbolism, which links them to the doctrine of John Locke christened sign semiotics.
Umberto Eco, the Italian semiotician, defined as the discipline of research that explains the operation of communication and meaning.
The spirit of design is to communicate. I know the concern
my colleagues in industrial design teachers emphasize to students the importance of semiotic content of the creation of objects. This is the capacity of its designs to carry their message to users. Semiotics


The semiotic content threefold almost impenetrable to the ignorant in the sacred mysteries of the design. The first aspect, or semantic studies the 'semes' or basic elements that express the way with a minimal amount of meaning, and timely application of knowledge or practice. The second aspect, or syntactic, syntax analysis by the combination of semes in various orders from internal and external relationship and the meanings that these orders occur. The latter, or pragmatic , examines the origin, interrelation and the effects of both semes as the syntax and processing orders both in codes that provide the appropriation of a design in a given environment. Whoever
still awake to go use the language of "Sanskrit" in English and compare the performance of design with a book in which converge: first several words each with its own semantics or meaning, syntactic second of these words - prayers, which calls express concepts, and pragmatic Third discursive thread that makes the words and sentences involved in a code, or specific language, which organizes the plot, gives the style (technical, humorous, etc.) and tells the reader to the argument that it appropriate.
It's great to connect a user with a reader. Or the heel, the sole and the toe of a shoe with words. But ... I mean my niece?

Logos, ethos, pathos
positive design operates by consensus and consultation. It begins with the characterization and analysis of an expectation or need, and continues with a coordinated sequence in which information is tweak and ideas are counted and evaluated to achieve optimal satisfaction of the expectation.
Or at least a dignified solution to the need.
The "consensus" and "consultation" in this process involve people other than designers. To know the users and the public.
miserable misses them often. Here
retake the rhetorical ideal of my previous text. It is vital to familiarize themselves and persuade strangers design with Aristotle conceived three appeals: logos, or appeal to reason, pathos, or appeals to emotion, and ethos, or appeal by persuasive presentation of the designer himself.
The three together - only three! - Reaching a total persuasion.
In Colombia, with few exceptions and in contrast to Italy for example, only promotes the use of one of the appeals. For my fellow teachers to emphasize the semiotic content with semantic elements, syntactic and pragmatic design work confined to the frozen realm of logos.
Italian children may know little about Alessandro Mendini, Angelo Mangiarotti and Andrea Branzi. But certainly more than children in Colombia on Dicken Castro, Jaime Gutierrez David Consuegra or Lega. For years
I saw hundreds of future professionals learn Colombian accurate and timely design that discards the unruly and joyous essence of our country. Too many are instructed in the logic of Mr. Spock Terminator surprises all without enthusiasm to none.



Pure logos. A masked ethos and cocky. None of pathos. Nasty
. Excessive brain. Little heart.
is shameful for the Colombian design that arrogance that forgets its educational responsibility to the public.
have to draft a basic discourse. For my niece and other children learn to draw designers.

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The myth of the popular tax


Popularity: harmful treasure


My tribute to the only Colombian who has cherished the Olympus of perfection in the opinion polls. Not far, no national history in the country has about as much as he get a 100% favorable image to the public. Everlasting glory to the great son of Antioquia. Praise to the insurmountable ... Jaider Villa!

Thalia and Melpomene, the divine ladies of comedy and tragedy, spoiling him with gifts. He was the anointed. The magnum. The actor yearned to take the interpretation to its peak. Parody, drama and pantomime it would provide its honey. Action would lead the country in the coming decades. "His empire on the characterization will be all," proclaimed their rabid believers, those thousands of viewers who, week after week, gave him an overwhelming lead in entranced votes against his rival in power (and increase its support fiercely if any sensible analyst dared point out the ineptitude of his champion.) Annals of the show ever sing for his epic and relentless victory over Pedro Palace: 93 to 7%. Outstanding. Memorable. As much as his career was unremarkable after conspicuous reality organized by RCN. They ran the years and his worshipers, immune to disappointment, still waiting to quintessential heartthrob perform at least a worthy role. Conversely, the once unpopular Pedro Palace is now a promising actor.

Jaiden's epic ocean summarizes the failures in which (often) incurred by the crowd when he decided infatuated with the possible merits of an individual. When choosing the popularity obnubila to local authorities. Scale is a traitor and a crook. For each skill tested, a historical route vuelapluma reveal countless disasters. There is to demonstrate the Gospel drama in four versions. Representémonos Pilate, Roman procurator of Judea, appearing before the Jews to inform them: "I find fault in this man. But you have the tradition that you release a convict on Passover. Will you, therefore, that you release the King of the Jews? ". Let us imagine the crowd, fond of a charismatic villain, shouting showing his proverbial wisdom: "In this no. Free us Barabbas! ". After which, the episode inevitable extended to the bitter epilogue to the crucifixion.

Interestingly, another story-a little less unhappy (even hilarious) - try the same, and also involves a member of the clan Pilate. I still smile when I recall the gasps of my contemporaries, the then duped by Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus disappeared today: those burly brunette, members of the duo Milli Vanilli forger, whose picture desleía myriads of ladies (and gay) who, in different latitudes, they listened All or Nothing, Blame It On the Rain , Girl I'm Gonna Miss You and other exquisite ballads that simulated ebony adonis interpret (and actually sang individuals less handsome but with genuine musical talent.) To this extent the thymus was swarthy giants that culminated, cheered and proud, as winners of the 1990 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. However, a kite of luck changed soon after in the universe hazmerreíres Showbiz having to return his award once discovered the ruse (I still think it would have been preferable to establish with them the unpublished category of "best fake artist"). Yes, the original singers were launched soon to the market as "The Real Milli Vanilli. To fail miserably.

But things do not end there. Proliferated everywhere (and thrive) to mass delusion, ambassadors of India and emperors naked-believe, like the tale of Hans Christian Andersen, whose lavish costumes are supposed to be invisible to the idiots (though, the reality is biting - almost always turn out to be fools indeed who see them). But woe to those who dare challenged suspicious to society its right to fall in love with illusion as he pleases, for they will be stigmatized and discredited. And, although democracy is universally essential, the mob (a term dear to the late Alfredo Iriarte to refer to frenzied crowds), it is often unreasonable and superstitious. As a result, Ortega y Gasset majority criticized the imposition of order number on all existential (which he called "plebeianism triumphant") and a century and a half before him, another remarkable intellectual, the English historian, Edward Gibbon, appropriated in his "History of the Decline and fall of the Roman Empire "that while the state of suspended skepticism is itself a few inquiring minds, the practice of superstition is so pleasing to the crowd that even when members are removed from it by force, as pleasurable regret losing state .

Ultimately, the people's will is often be the kick-more than the voice of God, for conspiracy more misery than satisfaction. Well I knew that geyser of epigrams was Nicolás Gómez Dávila when one of its scholia declared: "People sometimes succeeds when frightened, but always wrong to be excited." This assertion becomes valid creepy in this age where individualism overwhelms cosmetics, polls and pollsters are gods oracles. In our times false, the antidote to the deadly epidemic is embodied popular apprehension to those who maintain hygienic trends in fashion. We must protect these ugly ducklings, as many of them are swans insight. Listening can save new Vanillis Millis, future crucifixions, and protect our destiny! even novels featuring Jaider Villa.

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War E28: E27

An illusory victory ...

* Extended version of the text published in the newspaper El Espectador of Bogotá, Colombia, week of 9 to April 15, 2006

While true, overwhelmed by the neglect of the humble means, that apart from its editorial "On the war tax" (El Espectador week from 2 to 8 April 2006) according to which "democratic security has led to a substantial increase in the price of assets and is therefore fair that the members of that minority-favored asset holder who pay for new investments in security." Especially when, in time of the same April 2, Minhacienda, Alberto Carrasquilla, confirmed that the previous war tax "was a very profitable" who valued the properties of those who paid it. Both reports validate the perspicuous analysis, in the viewer the same weekend, Alfredo Molano Bravo did in his column "Escalation." What it all comes down? What the government transformed the military into a body of guardhouse with thousands of men to serve the wealthy? Neither the old German Democratic Republic, or in the current Democratic People's Republic of Korea (aka North Korea) was used for this fold, the term "democracy." No wonder so many thinkers argue that modern politics as a science of governance gave way to pure conquest and maintenance mechanism power.

view of this lucrative business insensitivity is obvious that the prestige of political leader is not for the assistance given to provide the majority of his countrymen, but as the prolongation of its mandate means dividends for their financial sponsors. When we understand, to paraphrase the Italian philosopher Paolo Virno, that overcoming the current state of things only come when you maximize the life of every member of the Colombian crowd and not a few percentage points of GDP?

Besides, who says the new tax will encourage an end to conflict? It says the nation is today, with 400 thousand troops " almost double the troops four years ago. Is it enough that against a FARC so heinous and cowardly as tanned and experienced? History shows that the guerrillas, wherever that emerged on the globe, just horrifying brutality were defeated by overwhelming superiority powered by human and material (and sometimes not even then). For one example: in 1886 the U.S. government said in 5000 soldiers, led by General Nelson Miles (and support of the Mexican army), to pay, in the deserts of Arizona and after forty years of strife guerrillas (women and children included) of the Chiricahua Apache chief, Geronimo: 125 soldiers this is a guerrilla! In equal proportion, and calculating the FARC in 20 000 individuals, subjecting them militarily would require Colombia devoted solely to the dispute two and half million soldiers. Of course, the comparison leads to misunderstanding, because certainly the 2006 model Colombian armed forces have much better technology and weaponry that U.S. forces version 1886, but recalled that the hosts of Sureshot and barricaded Jojoy are enormously better than the native band the brave Geronimo). Hopefully, before requiring new taxes war, President meditate the words of Cicero: always an unjust peace is better than a righteous war.

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E26 E25: Steel and weapons and Ecology

Abstract
In steel as weapons

(No. 0) Originally posted on Wednesday October 9, 2002 Moved

finally resume the work suspended at the end of 2000. National construction certainly experienced transitions in these twenty-four months, some better than others, and the dynamism that makes timely discipline now has time to raise concerns with the Colombian and foreign designers in large numbers habitually consult www.proyectod.com .

By way of prologue to the critical work and add that over the next one hundred weeks will set out in this work, it should be pointed to the relief of those readers LF reminiscent tired my columns "In Abstract" initial, sometimes up to three thousand words, that version 2.0 is characterized by normative texts give weekly to the public less than a thousand words.

Among the many stylistic foundation, advanced after intense reflection on each one, support my arguments are semiotics, psychology, poetics, and especially the rhetoric. The latter is known in the prelude to the twenty-first century an impressive revival which, I predict, will transform substantively most contemporary discourse, and let that fact go unnoticed may become outdated and no Colombian commercial value to the design of the next decade.

The Compass
To begin to clarify the reverence I refer to logical thinking that our industrial design methodologies reveal when they stress the importance of calculating and organized explanation (according to socio-cultural parameters, aesthetic, technical and ergonomic) process configuration objects developed on the basis of an application. Without wishing to detract from, remember that the logic is placed on theoretical principles universally applicable while transiting rhetoric about what may come into force or has prospects of being accepted. The

desirable and feasible than usual, in whose dominions the design moves are rhetorical territory. Therefore, the rhetorical study of creation is presented as appropriate objetual add to an appreciation of it that semiotics is often ambiguous, misleading and full of loose ends.

it was with the English philosopher José Luis Ramírez: "Rhetoric as knowledge of the fundamental activity of the human being becomes conscious and considers both what is said and what is not said. For even the quiet or leave out a matter is significant, but instead a semiotics of silence is impossible, since it requires as a semiotic starting a sign, being unable to properly handle their absence. " Let
point.

number
Who we are somewhat aware of world events, we design the highest award given for the discipline Golden Compass is organized every three years, the ADI in Italy. But we know the rhetoric behind the name of that award? Perhaps the 'bar' refers to the two ends hinged instrument used to transport measurements and draw circles, and 'Gold' gives the reward of the rare metal as with the Olympic gold medal.

If this is our assessment of the case is incomplete.

A lot.

As noted Turin design theorist and former president of ICSID Augusto Morello (1), talk about the Golden Compass is to recall that this country (Italy) has the merit of making a global trend where culture and production of industrial or artisanal question. Its historical significance is profound because the Compasso d'Oro measures the famous 'gold number', a ratio of two parts of a line or two-dimensional figure of a plane in which the smaller of the two is most what greater than the sum of both. That number

gold, whose relationship is approximately 0.618 to 1.000 was appreciated by two precursors Italian design: Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) which surpasses all contemporary presentation and the great mathematician Luca Pacioli (1445-1510) who in his 'Divine proportione' split of the 'golden section' to try to figure out the ideal architectural and archetypal proportions of the human body and even letters.
The rhetoric is where semiotics is blind.

Pencil
Even in Colombia, where we also have a signature event: the pen of steel, child as Proyectodiseño magazine and this website
Publishing Group Ltd.
D view of the logic is obvious, with a pencil the Proyectodiseño symbol, which may object attached to the adjective 'steel' (which involves strength, elasticity and elegance) identify the award.
But as the Golden Compass, Pencil Steel in my opinion involves a transcendence rhetoric that few appreciate.

Dating back to the Greeks who called it 'graphis' carbon crystallized in stone that the Romans named 'lapis', which causes our ratings (under 'pen' as a generic name) of various substances used to draw. O plot.

Moreover, the Romans knew as 'pencil' and 'Petra' to the stones in general and processed materials such their 'operarius' or workers, led by the 'Architectus' transfigured to Rome the capital of the world. Similarly

concerned gems as 'lapis'.

And there was also composed of carbon-crystallized, the 'Adam' or diamond, revered for its extraordinary hardness comparable only to that of other substance to which affinity-called 'adamantium': the 'ferrum', or iron metal mixed with a carbon equivalent to integrating the graphite or steel for 'acies' (which translates to 'tip' or 'cut').
With this alloy the best swords were forged.

and figuratively called them 'steel'.

This symbol of the warrior's sword and pen, pen functional equivalent, which represents the thinker, although dissimilar, they share a heart of coal metaphor of the human soul feel able to hate or love.

And using steel to destroy life. Or to build it.

is significant then that the most important design award in Colombia, hurt by violence, is a pencil made of steel as weapons. Significant

and hopeful.




(1) Augusto Morello, whose thinking inspired my work passed away on September 4, 2002.
I write this column alone memoria.Descanse in the illustrious thinker.