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The Elders tck against climate change and for our youngsters

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:04:48 +0100

The Elders tck against climate change and for our youngsters

Description Description As William McDonough wrote in his book...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:49:18 +0100

As William McDonough wrote in his book Cradle to Cradle, we should stop thinking of post-consumer goods as “waste”, and instead start thinking of them as “food” in the product chain - upcycling raw materials and turning them into useful raw materials, rather than just alleviating the burden offset by recycling. Sun Microsystems’ CTO Greg Papadopoulos looks at this challenge from the perspective of engineering, and encourages the technical and scientific sectors to think not in terms of product degradation, but to look at manufacturing and design in terms of disassembly and endless reuse.

Sadly, this is real. I sometimes wonder… When are we human...

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:46 +0100

Sadly, this is real.

I sometimes wonder… When are we human going to die because of the stuff (chemical or not natural components) we are being fed? Well, probably we are going to die from another self inflicted catastrophic cause. It gets more and more difficult to be an optimist.

I don’t consider myself an esoteric. But this one is...

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:48:59 +0100

I don’t consider myself an esoteric. But this one is really making me think and feel. I try to always be critical. Though I feel they have a point.

If you ever have a time for yourself - I mean your SELF - then watch this. But caution! This might be too insightful for you.

If you take this with an open mind, you might understand why I personally have my troubles with the system I’m living in and sometimes have the wish to escape and live with the monks.

http://www.youtube.com/user/phiktion#p/a/u/1/MkbvJFEQgJU

Arguing With Success

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:36:24 +0200

We are raised to love independent choice, but this is precisely what leads to disaster when applied on a global scale. And it is no different with social design, where competition for the Internet “commons” is much more prevalent than cooperation. Add to this the fact that 98% of designers when asked say they want only to design, not plan, write grants, fund raise, correspond, or do any of the nine-hundred other nitty little things necessary to helping less fortunate people and you’re left with a large, well educated audience wearing blinders.

David Stairs

http://design-altruism-project.org/?p=90

We Are All Emerging Economies Now

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:54:00 +0200

I say we can do more good at home than abroad — not that we can do no good. Our skills and connections can, of course, be valuable to people in other places than our own. But if we are to exchange value — rather than just take it, like cultural tourists — what do we have to offer? In theory, a designer’s fresh eyes can reveal hidden value and thus mobilize otherwise neglected or hidden local resources. But, in practice, this hardly ever happens. The vast majority of designers go somewhere different, are inspired and stimulated and maybe even humbled by the experience — but leave without turning their insights into value that local people can use. The exchange ends up being one-way in favor of the visitor.

(…)

The most powerful lesson for me, after 20 years working as a visitor on projects in India and South Asia, is that we have more to learn from smart poor people on things like ecology, connectivity, devices and infrastructures, than they have to learn from us.

John Thackara

http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=6947

gefunden hier:...

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:19:00 +0200

gefunden hier: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37925259@N00/394266906/

http://christophniemann.com/man/bpages/gallery6.html

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:00:22 +0200

http://christophniemann.com/man/bpages/gallery6.html

It’s moving! By Akiyoshi’s illusion pages

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:10:47 +0200

It’s moving! By

Akiyoshi’s illusion pages

Nature over Hong Kong.

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:52:33 +0200

Nature over Hong Kong.

How to Do What You Love

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:54:06 +0200

What you should not do, I think, is worry about the opinion of anyone beyond your friends. You shouldn’t worry about prestige. Prestige is the opinion of the rest of the world. When you can ask the opinions of people whose judgement you respect, what does it add to consider the opinions of people you don’t even know? [4] This is easy advice to give. It’s hard to follow, especially when you’re young. [5] Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. It causes you to work not on what you like, but what you’d like to like.

Paul Graham

Red it all here

I wished I could sing like them/him!!! Unfortunately I’m...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:49:00 +0200

I wished I could sing like them/him!!! Unfortunately I’m not blessed with this skill :(

At least I can enjoy it! It’s amazing!

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:03:06 +0200

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you,..."

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:43:15 +0200

““I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away.””

- Mohandas Gandhi

"Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity"

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:21:29 +0200

“Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity”

- Said by Chis Abani in this TED talk written on his girl friend’s T-shirt.

The importance of thinking for yourself

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:31:00 +0200

Most of all they need a story, a narrative. The reality of the narrative is irrelevant. It can be completely at odds with the facts. The consistency and emotional appeal of the story are paramount. The most essential skill in political theater and the consumer culture is artifice. Those who are best at artifice succeed. Those who have not mastered the art of artifice fail. In an age of images and entertainment, in an age of instant emotional gratification, we do not seek or want honesty. We ask to be indulged and entertained by clichs, stereotypes and mythic narratives that tell us we can be whomever we want to be, that we live in the greatest country on Earth, that we are endowed with superior moral and physical qualities and that our glorious future is preordained

Forget Red vs. Blue — It’s the Educated vs. People Easily Fooled by Propaganda

http://www.alternet.org/story/106551/

Emmanuel Jal: “Go save the life of a child.”

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:36:37 +0200

Emmanuel Jal: “Go save the life of a child.”

"“Dysfunction is the essence of entrepreneurship. I’ve had dozens of requests from places..."

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:25:09 +0200

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“Dysfunction is the essence of entrepreneurship. I’ve had dozens of requests from places like Harvard and Yale to talk about the subject. It makes me laugh that ivy leaguers are so keen to “learn” how to be entrepreneurs, because I’m not convinced it’s a subject you can teach. I mean, how do you teach obsession? Because it is obsession that drives the entrepreneur’s commitment to a vision of something new.”

“We entrepreneurs are loners, vagabonds, troublemakers. Success is simply a matter of finding and surrounding ourselves with those open-minded and clever souls who can take our insanity and put it to good use.”

”

- ANITA RODDICK, The Body Shop

How to be a better lover (=designer) to everyone/-thing

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:23:36 +0200

We need a holistic definition of design that helps us understand the breadth and depth of our role as designers … we are all designers.
Design (planning, community development, etc.) must be seen as a continuous process. We don’t design it and then we’re done … we are in the domain of continuous creation.
Our ethic for judging good design vs. bad must also be holistic. We must see that the purpose of our design is to facilitate life … all of life … and not just the life of those advocating a special interest.
We need decision support systems that make cooperation easier than isolation. Let me say that again … we need decision support systems that make it easier for those involved to cooperate than to sit in isolation.
Sustainability must be defined to accommodate growth, its rate, and its limits.
We must be literate and competent with GIS, decision support systems, and the Internet. These three technologies are going to work together.
We need a new institutional framework for our singular governmental agencies so they can cooperate more effectively and truly embrace the notion of place-based planning and design.
The role of “design manager” (an “environmental architect,” if you will) must be established and crafted to provide the leadership for place-based planning programs.
And finally … and this is very important … the inhabitants of a “place” need to participate as cocreators (“codesigners,” if you will) of their place.

http://www.communitymatters.org/index.php?Itemid=115&id=45&option=com_content&task=view

I think he means social change. This is great! via here

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:10:15 +0200

I think he means social change. This is great!

via here