It is visible in the aerodynamic boomerang, the ingenious design of fish traps and the precise layouts of community settlements that strengthen social cohesion.Īlison Page and Paul Memmott show how these design principles of sophisticated function, sustainability and storytelling, refined over many millennia, are now being applied to contemporary practices. The second book in the series focuses on design.Īboriginal design is of a distinctly cultural nature, based in the Dreaming and in ancient practices grounded in Country. Exploring practices such as Songlines, architecture and design, land management, botany, astronomy and innovation, this six-book series brings together two very different ways of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern. The First Knowledges series, edited by Margo Neale, offers an introduction to Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present day and the future.
To celebrate the publication of Design: Building on Country, the second book in the First Knowledges series, we’re giving five copies away to members thanks to Thames & Hudson Australia and the National Museum of Australia.
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