Paul Kerlaff's Outputs (2)

In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerlaff, P. (2023). In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation. In A. Lazet (Ed.), Design for Adaptation: Cumulus Conference Proceedings Detroit 2022 (438-449)

This essay argues that dialogue between the three states of craft education is a key mechanism for adaptation. Adaptation here is taken as the act or process of adjustment to changing circumstances (Merriam-Webster 2022), with a particular focus on c... Read More about In a new Context, we are all Apprentices: How Dialogue Between the Three States of Craft Education is a Catalyst for Adaptation.

Re-defining Finishing, Performance and Durability: User Re-Manufacturable Surfboards (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerlaff, P. (2018). Re-defining Finishing, Performance and Durability: User Re-Manufacturable Surfboards. In Proceedings of Making Futures 2017 Conference

This paper makes the case for surfboards being a prime archetype of user-object relations. It goes on to argue that design for remanufacture involves redefining notions of finishing, performance, and durability that underpin our relationship to mater... Read More about Re-defining Finishing, Performance and Durability: User Re-Manufacturable Surfboards.