FINAL DRAFT

摘要

Isn't keeping things unfinished the most open and the best way of getting things done? Certainly, it is a generative design path that was advocated in the 1990s by the likes of Greg Lynn, Brian Massumi and Michael Sorkin when the introduction of digital software advanced the possibilities of a new level of experimentation and iteration. See, for example, Massumi's analysis in this issue (pp 50-55). Of course, this all depends on what is meant by 'done', and the reasons to stay undone are changing. A telling starting point for what is meant by done is the term 'final draft'. Firstly, because the two words bring into tension the completion and incompletion of the same entity. Secondly, because it hints at an indirection.