Saturday 3 March 2007

A Bit o' Research

So, everyone asks me about my research. I've learned that a wiley acedemic does not give away his golden truths... at least until they've been published in a peer reviewed journal (that has an ISBN number). But at this point I think it is safe to say its okay.

As many of you know my current working title is "The Design of Salutogenic Food Systems". As this is quite broad I have decided to narrow it down. My supervisor has been most helpful with inspiration as usual.

What I would like as a finished product is not so much a paper which discusses the topics, but a distilled design methodology for salutogenic food systems. I am shying away from a method, although it is liable for one to emerge from my work regardless. I like the idea of methodology as it digs one step deeper than most have gone thus far.

I have always been a fan of Mollison's work, and have no intention of redoing any of it, but I feel that I want approach the 'problem', if you will, from a professional designer's standpoint. As a holistic thinker I hate to use words like 'professional designer', but the case is that such professions do exist and rightly so. It is professional designers that are positioned to take the lead.

Anyways, its way late and I'm not thinking properly, horrible time to talk about this... Will have to continue later. I just felt like it's been a long time since I updated...

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