Peter Dormer presents a series of lively, clearly argued discussions about the relevance of handicraft in a world whose aesthetics and design are largely determined by technology. One of the key questions discussed in the book is what makes the difference between a craft and a modern technology. Contents The salon de refuse? / Peter Dormer -- The history of craft / Paul Greenhalgh -- How strange the change from major to minor: hierarchies and medieval art / T.A. Heslop -- Craft and art culture and biology / Bruce Metcalf -- Craft within a consuming society / Gloria Hickey -- The progress of Captain Ludd / Paul Greenhalgh -- Patterns of making: thinking and making in industrial design / Helen Rees -- Craft and the Turing Test for practicl thinking / Peter Dormer -- CADCAM and the British ceramics tableware industry / Neal French -- Textiles and technology / Peter Dormer -- Tornadoes, t-squares and technology: can computing be a craft? / Jermey Myerson -- Writing about the studio crafts / Rosemary Hill -- Writing about objects we don't understand / Jonathan Meuli -- The language and practical philosophy of craft / Peter Dormer