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How many degrees make a bow?
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workGesture Lab (Yin Zhang, Jiayi Wang, Qingyao Li), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A hand lifts the long arm of a large wooden protractor resting on a white plinthPhoto: Gesture LabMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Small brass wire and sheet devices laid out on a pale plywood board with cut-out pocketsPhoto: Gesture LabMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram: a bow is flexion of the trunk in the sagittal plane; the angle is measurable, the meaning is notImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, sections 9.5 and 1.6 (openstax.org); Gesture Lab press kit, DDW 2026
- Slide 4
- Two black and white photos of hands wearing thin brass ring and wire devices on raised fingersPhoto: Gesture LabMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Brass sheet and wire devices scattered on white, one picked up by a handPhoto: Gesture LabMuseum or journal record
- Slide 6
- Spreads of a pale green booklet titled Shaping Offense, A Translational Dictionary, with hand diagramsPhoto: Gesture LabMuseum or journal record