Thinking in terms of materials still has an important place in many design (dis)courses. This understanding reduces the physical environment to an inert supplier of usable (or unusable) raw materials. Neuhaus prefers to talk about matter, thereby naming a world that is shared by all biological and technological beings. Unlike material, which is completely subordinated to human productivity and perceived as a fixed formation, matter has its own existence and right to exist, its own vitality, function and meaning. The Meeting Matter learning trail explores (design) approaches in which the continuity of matter supersedes the transience of the material.
The Meeting Matter learning trail explores (design) approaches in which the continuity of matter supersedes the transience of the material.