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Ikea Footprint
Visual Complexity chose Jeremy‘s Sourcemap of an IKEA bed for this article about Sourcemap .
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the tragedy of the commons
from regretsy.com Forunately, Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize for Economics Disarms Those Who Say a Common-based Society is Impossible.
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Tips for DFE (design for the environment)
Here are a couple of key themes when considering how to make products that are not bad – or maybe even good for – the environment. In text form: -Meaningful and specific parts lists shall be included. -Cases shall be easy to open. -Batteries should be replaceable. -Special tools are allowed only for darn good [...]
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Design for the other 90%
This exhibit form the Cooper Hewitt Museum in 2007 features some of the best known approaches to designing appropriate technology for the vast majority of the world.
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Free Software
Mako Hill presents the History of Free Software in Future Craft from Leonardo Bonanni on Vimeo. Last week we were visited by free software champion Benjamin Mako Hill – here is the video of his talk and discussion.
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Open Sailing
Open Sailing presentation in Future Craft from Leonardo Bonanni on Vimeo. During our first full class we were lucky to have Cesar Harada and Hiromi Ozaki, who presented their project ‘Open Sailing.’ Here is a video of their talk and the rich discussion that followed.
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Utopic Readings
Here are some of the readings I recommend to help define the scope of design: Episodes of Collective Invention On the Wealth of Nations (ch. 1) The Craftsman Ornament and Crime (pdf) Fab
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First Class
Our first class will meet on September 9th at 1pm in room E15-135 (the Medialab’s Cube conference room). Email us if you can’t attend.
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Final Presentations