Scripting Cultures

The book provides a biographical account of Burry's own work with scripting, as well as interviews with 30 industry leaders in scripting, including Casey Reas, Robert Aish, John Frazer, and others. Burry's assessment of scripting is refreshingly honest, acknowledging that it can be difficult and time-consuming, even for experienced designers.

Burry sees the designer as central to the design process, with scripting as a tool to enhance that process, whether through increased productivity or greater control over the design. The second half of the book focuses on case studies demonstrating how scripting can be applied in practice.

The book concludes by arguing that scripting should be considered an essential component of 21st-century design education, while cautioning against viewing it as a single, exclusivist "culture" of design. Instead, Burry affirms the importance of the designer in the scripting process, suggesting that scripting should become a natural part of the everyday culture of design practice.