On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects

Simondon argued that the split between culture and technology is a modern pathology — that technical objects have their own mode of existence that deserves the same philosophical attention we give to art or language. His concept of "concretisation" — how technical objects evolve toward internal coherence — anticipates much of what software architecture now calls "conceptual integrity." The most direct intellectual ancestor of the contemporary philosophy of technology (Stiegler, Hui) and increasingly read by designers and engineers who want a richer vocabulary for what they do.