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Gestures into garden tools
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workDi Mao, on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, 9.5 Types of Body Movements openstax.org
- DDW26 work st-udioo.com
- Embodied energy vibrant relations (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
- How a garden becomes a dialogue 1 (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
- Ddw26 kazerne design lab (dutchdesigndaily.com) dutchdesigndaily.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A silver, claw-like cast tool head on a wooden handle, pushed into dark soilPhoto: Ruud Balk/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Five long-handled wooden tools with pale cast heads hanging on a white wall, above a low wooden tray of soil with more tools laid in itPhoto: Di MaoMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Black and white photo of a person in a hooded jacket lunging low, pressing a long-handled tool into the floorPhoto: Di MaoMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Diagram with three panels: digging as wrist flexion and extension, pouring water as forearm pronation, pruning as a closing grip of the fingersImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax A&P 2e 9.5; gestures from press kit 1409 (source lines drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Overhead view of a soil bed with a long-handled tool with a silver cast head, small pale planting containers and white printed cards along one edgePhoto: Di MaoMuseum or journal record
- Slide 6
- Three tall wooden-handled tools with silver heads leaning against a dark brick wall above a pale plinth with smaller tools laid on itPhoto: Ruud Balk/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Sundial of Wassenaar, c. 1719 to 1733, Rijksmuseum (NG-749)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record