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University of the Arts London

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)

Student Contributions

Towards a Rhizomatic library

Published 2017-01-26

  • Michel Erler
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  • Carlotta Solari

Michel Erler
London College of Communication

Carlotta Solari
London College of Communication

Abstract

In this article Erler and Solari discuss their project ‘Towards a Rhizomatic Library’. Whilst on the third year of BA (Hons) Interaction Design Arts at London College of Communication (UAL), these students’ interest in libraries developed, having been initially prompted by an earlier assignment brief, set in Year 2 of the course. This article describes their spatial experiments in the LCC Library, a workshop with fellow students and research into the ways that libraries are structured, discussing how they have mapped students’ movement through and engagement with these spaces.

Keywords

rhizome, dynamic library, mapping, design, collaboration, strategic design, interaction design, Deleuze

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Re-imagining the library workshop (Un)classifying Library Model Towards a Rhizomatic Library Flyer Sitterwerk Library Mapping across the grid system und

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