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<p>The journal article focuses on the invention of a new generative participatory design process that uses Tasseography. It is a ritualistic, participatory, performance process that implements a new set of generative tools that promotes a shared language between myself and my participants resulting in a collection of co-designed abstract textile artworks.</p>

<p>Exploring the suprarational, transrational and relational (Bourriaud 2009) within my practice, it is an exploration of the designer-client relationship firmly situated in collaboration and joint decision making. This approach to design focuses on shared knowledge during the tea leaf process to arrive at a design outcome that explores an individual’s spirit and wellbeing.</p>

Sub text Journal July 2021

Sub-text. 1 (1) pp12 - 15

Making Futures

Design

Sustainability

Textiles

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Becky Dodman Wainwright

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The journal article focuses on the invention of a new generative participatory design process that uses Tasseography. It is a ritualistic, participatory, performance process that implements a new set of generative tools that promotes a shared language between myself and my participants resulting in a collection of co-designed abstract textile artworks.

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Using Tasseography To Co-Design Textile Artworks

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