This Economist article paints a vivid picture of the current situation in Japan where acceptance of technology (in this case robots) leads to maintaining closed any economic or social ties with other countries by providing for a technological solution. The fact is that Japan’s (as everyone else’s) elderly population is growing fast and instead of… Continue reading Avoiding interaction with technology…
Author: designswarm
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The Dissapearing everything…
So i was reading half interested CNN article on information overload in our society and wondered whether i was really dreaming when i read that a 22 year old thought that: “”The library is daunting because I have to go there and everything is organized by academic area,” Quaranta said. “I don’t even know where… Continue reading The Dissapearing everything…
Review 2
So my second thesis review took place in Milan this monday. It was very constructive and i got a lot of very useful feedback. Present that day were a few external people: Gillian Crampton Smith, Phil Tabor, Jochem Straatman from Cibic & Partners, Marco Palmonari from exit Consulting and finally Ashley Benigno from 3 were… Continue reading Review 2
DIY: are we losing it? how important is it?
I like this Treehugger post that talks about our inability to do things ourselves and our constant reliance if not on technology but also on the prepackaged and premade. Beyond their obvious comment about our grandparent’s skills that got developed in less happy conditions and because of heavy recession, i wonder if there isnt something… Continue reading DIY: are we losing it? how important is it?
The clock has begun…
Just received news from my friend Valerie in montreal, she has received the clock and i await results anytime soon!
Objects of virtual desire
Not sure why but i like this idea and its premise but there’s something to be said about the way that the project Objects of Virtual Desire addresses bridging the gap between virtual and real life relationships.
The jar on its way tomorrow…
Yeh!!! I found a taker for Seoul, so i will be sending out the jar to Seoul tomorrow… hope something good comes up…and soon…: – )
Sex sells…
well the opposite sex.. this is not necessarily related to thesis directly but i thought id rant about it, because this BusinessWeek article on Dell suddenly realizing that women buy electronics too is maddening. This is more than obvious and slightly frustrating that in 2005, after more than 20 years of computational history, they would… Continue reading Sex sells…
The dog and the clock on their way…
Ok so i sent out the dog to London through my good friend Mike who hopefully will be sending this to my friend Karola and then the experiment will start… The clock is on its way to Montreal, via lovely Sydney who will send it from NY… Since I havent gotten any answers from Marcos,… Continue reading The dog and the clock on their way…
Location, Location, Location.
Thanks to Tristam Sparks for the hand pixelized map…