Observation / Essay 01
Before you name what you see
Separating a description from an explanation can make the next question more useful.
Read the essayAn open perspective on science
A clear view
of complex
things.
Close observation. Considered questions.
A space to make sense of the material world.
Oriel / Visual study 01Form & relation
The Oriel perspective
Understanding begins
with paying attention.
The shape of a material. The reach of an instrument. The boundary of a system. We explore the details that help a good question become a useful explanation.
A note on our approach01 — Areas of inquiry
Four ways
of looking.
A subject is rarely one thing.
Begin with a view that interests you.
01
Patterned matter
Thinking about a material through the way its parts are arranged.
02
Instruments & observation
Examining the tools, choices, and limits behind an observation.
03
Energy in motion
Tracing the movement of energy across boundaries and through systems.
04
Systems & scale
Considering what becomes visible when we zoom in, step back, or change the boundary.
02 — The reading room
Ideas to
look into.
Method / Essay 02
The work of a useful control
A comparison is strongest when it has a clear job to do.
Read the essayPerspective / Essay 03
When scale changes the story
Moving between the detail and the whole without losing the question.
Read the essay03 — Start a conversation
A little curiosity.
A new connection.
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