{"id":13,"date":"2005-11-06T08:37:40","date_gmt":"2005-11-06T15:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2005-11-06T08:37:40","modified_gmt":"2005-11-06T15:37:40","slug":"thesis-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/thesis-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis feedback…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought I would publish the feedback I’ve been getting from Lee Feldman<\/a> from Blast Radius, a canadian born web company. He is part of the group of people who I am actively informing on my thesis process which includes Colin Burns, ex-head of IDEO London with whom i had the pleasure of working with this summer at the Design Council, then Jonathan Chapman<\/a> author of “Emotionally Sustainable Design and founder of Safe house creative<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So here’s Lee’s take on my thesis that he sent out this week.<\/p>\n

The first is\/was\/continues to be the interesting reality of Peak Oil
\n(http:\/\/www.peakoil.org),( http:\/\/www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net\/) The second
\nis status\/reputation systems, the third is networking and gaming as social
\ncollaboration and prototyping tool, the fourth is Japan, or perhaps more
\nprecisely, Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Peak Oil is the “scare tactic” that might drive a lot of usage pattern
\nchange. www.endofsuburbia.com does a nice job of suggesting new living
\npatterns based on more community and communal living post-oil crash.
\nWal-Mart relies on cheap oil to get its cheaply made products to market.
\nWhat happens when oil is no longer cheap? Will the Wal-Mart model fail, and
\nincreasingly local markets, based on coopetition, re-emerge?<\/p>\n

Status and reputation systems, specifically networked, are creating a
\n“semi-non hierarchical” meritocracy and putting more power into the
\nhands of consumers. Web 2.0 (www.emilychang.com) is extending the system
\nfrom pure consumptive environments like Amazon, to bloggers, podcasters
\netc…So every individual has an opportunity to express themselves, and be
\nopen to rating, criticism in a democratic market of ideas- beautiful.<\/p>\n

What if we could extend the reputation system, starting on a voluntary
\nbasis, to peoples’ actual consumption footprint?
\n(http:\/\/www.thersa.org\/projects\/carbon_trading.asp) Can we replace “bling”
\nwith “fling?” fling being the temporary usage of something, rather than
\nthe full-blown ownership of the thing (www.livework.com). Can fling be
\na new reputation based on sharing? How can status be conveyed? How can
\nit be “branded” so that fling becomes the more desirable?<\/p>\n

What if we could make a game out of this? The game requires community based
\nteams to collaborate on web\/social network based services aimed at
\nmaximizing resource usage. The game environment might be a habbo-like space
\n(www.habbohotel.com) that resembles your neighborhood so that you can
\nconfigure your ‘hood and and start iterating and prototyping service
\ndesigns. Key data is entered and an AI system, based on known behaviours can
\nrun simulations (the sims). All totally possible now ! Combine it with the
\nreputation system, combine it with real usage……<\/p>\n

Japan…post-post industrial, people living full lives in tiny spaces. They
\nCANNOT accumulate stuff, so they seek out quality, craft, or become otaku
\nand focus on collecting. The problem in Japan is not overconsumption it is
\nhyperconsumption. No second hand market for electronics, cars BUT huge
\nmarket for vintage clothing. Why? The homogeneity\/individuality paradox.
\nCRAFT is the way young Japanese who do not want to be salarymen or office
\nladies express their individuality. (www.designfesta.com). Produce AND
\nconsume (Prosume) precious things.<\/p>\n

SONY or Panasonic will reinvent consumer electronics to be
\nreusable\/upgrade-able (like Toyota making 100% recyclable cars), and\/or
\ncreate precious objects that become collectible…Sony needs help
\nright now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought I would publish the feedback I’ve been getting from Lee Feldman from Blast Radius, a canadian born web company. He is part of the group of people who I am actively informing on my thesis process which includes Colin Burns, ex-head of IDEO London with whom i had the pleasure of working with… Continue reading Thesis feedback…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p41XhY-d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.designswarm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}