The book comprises properties, clusters, and narratives. Each offers a different way to view, explore, and understand studio through its parts.

To give you an idea of how these go together, here’s the list of properties and clusters from the book.

Visibilities and Proximities

Making Visible
Extended and Distributed Cognition
Informal Learning Spaces
No Front
Surfaces
Cost
Public and Private Spaces

Foundations and Methods

Apprenticeship
Design Brief
Active Teaching
Feedback
Critique and the Crit
Reflection

Expertise and Identity

Expertise
Identities
Judgement
Character
Journey
Performance
Transformative Pedagogy

Time and Structures

Immersion
Time
Rhythms
Synchronicity and Proximity
Project Cycles

Artefacts and making

Materiality
Learning by Doing
Making
Artefacts
Play
Prototyping

Interactions and Sociality

Learning and Designing Collectively
Listening-in
Social Comparison
Confidence to Speak
Dialogue
Social Networks
Belonging

Atmospheres and Place

Place
Affect
Informalities
Uncertainty and Ambiguity
Serendipity
Wellbeing

Theories and Knowledge

Creativity
Risk and Failure
Simulation
Assessment
Discipline
General Education Concepts and Theories
Knowledge and Knowing

Culture(s) and Power

Habits and Rituals
Habitus
Hidden Curriculum
Critical Pedagogy
Power Transaction
Enculturation, Acculturation, and Indoctrination