Solfeggio Frequencies- maths and music

I have been trying to think holistically about my collection, thinking about the aesthetic, mood, imagery and all that would be associated with the whole shebang
So here I have searched for music and maths- therefore Pythagoras- therefore found this little bit of info...


"According to the myth, Pythagoras was walking past a blacksmiths, listening to the sound of the hammers on the anvils.  After a while, he realised that all but one of the hammers were sounding in harmony.  Curious as to the reason, Pythagoras made a thorough examination of the hammers and discovered that when their masses were simple ratios i.e. 2:1 or 4:1, then the respective notes produced were in harmony.  On the other hand, the mass of the hammer producing the discordant note wasn't in a simple ratio with any of the other hammers."  (http://library.thinkquest.org/18160/mathmus.htm)


then a comment on one of the numerous videos on Youtube related to Pythagoras and Music mentioned that he used simple solfeggio frequencies so here is some music apparently based on solfeggio frequencies...

It could be interesting to mix this perhaps with some more obviously natural sounds or a rhythm, I am not sure, that is not really my expertise, but, i have learnt something new today! 

Modified Toy Orchestra

I heard of them when i was listening to a lecture by Otto von Busch on hacking design, which is a concept for finding the truth in systems...

I find it is this sort of ultimate deconstruction and recontextualisation of interdisciplinary creativity
sooo was denkst du compadres?
(as in what do you think)

Deconstructing the circle

The Circle

The mystical theologian Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa regarded mathematics as the best symbol for things divine. He says in De Docta Ignorantia:

Since there is no other approach to a knowledge of things divine than that of symbols, we cannot do better than use mathematical signs on account of their indestructible certitude (Cusa, 1997).

For example, Cusa used geometry to illustrate the identity of the circle and the line. As a circle becomes very large, it appears less curved, much like how the surface of the Earth appears flat to us because it is so large. In the limit where the circle becomes infinite, then the curvature vanishes and the circle coincides with the straight line (Cusa, 1997, p.103).

It is an interesting site to look at- 

http://www.integralscience.org/sphere.html

Australian Menswear Designers

I have have added another link list whilst doing another assignment I was finding it difficult to find emerging australian menswear designers, which you can find but it takes a bit of researching about the place, so i thought it would be good to put all that i found in one spot, some are mostly women's wear with a bit of man here and there, but there is evidence, I don't also necessarily completely identify with all of the labels, but they are all quite conceptual and I just want to have them in the one spot for now.

so yes, i guess support for the local people!...

Time better spent

Time is better spent googling how to make time machines than dealing with all the work i have to do... yes, nothing new here.

LEGS

the focus on trousers and reforming them

using insect sounds for the music

using experimental textiles

Permanent folds  

Fashion Design vs Sartorial Fashion Design

Getting involved in fairly deep fashion theory I have been beginning to question the correctness of the term fashion design in relation to what I am doing at university. Our course is entitled Fashion and Textile design...

My qualm regards the term 'fashion'.

'Fashion design' is not necessarily what we are doing at uni, intrinsically we are designing clothing, and fashion does not necessarily mean designing clothing, there are fashions in music, interior design, architecture, graphic design, product design, philosophy, within all these areas there are fashions, in relating to the changing of taste and preference. Therefore, why has what we do in relation to design been directly associated with fashion?

fashion |ˈfa sh ən|
1 a popular trend, esp. in styles of dress and ornament or manners of behavior : his hair is cut in the latest fashion.• the production and marketing of new styles of goods, esp. clothing and cosmetics :

So my resolution has been to term what we do as SARTORIAL fashion design... it could even be sartorial design, as sartorial by dictionary definition is...

sartorial |särˈtôrēəl|adjective [ attrib. ]of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress : sartorial elegance.


I have recently been discussing the relevance of how caught up we should get in the definition of terms, and should one just get on with the content... but language shapes perspective which is highly important, so when attempting to write a thesis you are forced to look into such definitions. 

Anyway, I don't know if anyone else has opinions about this but it's been on my mind, I would like to hear what you think about it! 
... sartorial design ...