J.R Carpenter, A Handmade Web
Even though, as the writer explains, technology is now created in a way
that people can’t easily decipher and understand, I believe that many people
are starting to crave it. This is because we now live in a world with access
to everything, full of noise, rush and distractions. For that reason we
appreciate craft, because it takes time, patience and creativity.
There’s magic in knowing how something is made. In my opinion, the same way
we can look at an artwork without knowing its context and description and be
okay, we can navigate the web without knowing how it works, and it’s just fine.
But once you know the materials of the piece, and the history it has, and you
know the structure of a website and the tools it was made with, the experience
becomes richer.
I believe that art and design (including web design), work as cycles. There
are always new things coming and technologies developing, but it is in the art
that lasts, the art that remains, that humans find most beauty. Most of the times,
these are handcrafted, because it’s unique. There’s artistic expression.
In a handmade web, there’s a more direct and honest connection to the artist,
and the maker.
Qs:
Does the experienced reader have a richer experience navigating the
web than the normal person?
Can we say that we're slowly pulling away from human craft?