Rural

Grow your own food
STUDENT

Grow your own food

A big part of the food that we eat every day has travelled hundreds or thousands of kilometers
solar water plant model 1
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solar water plant model 1
Of Composting and Creating Gardens
Article

Of Composting and Creating Gardens

What is often dumped without a second thought may veritably be the starting point for something…
Presence
Collection

Presence

In this research presence refers to the presence of a human beings who breathes and has a heart…
protection of a hive
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protection of a hive
A quick note on small-scaled industry
Article

A quick note on small-scaled industry

One possible solution for a community of 50 people with a need for the same standard of living is…
Climate refugees in Drowned Land
ART

Climate refugees in Drowned Land

Drowned land, its cold, very cold in Bangladesh, especially if you only wear a Sari. I am arriving…
Hacking closed-system consumerism
ART

Hacking closed-system consumerism

One of the main goals of Biomodd is empowering people to take control over consumer electronics.
[1] Symbiosis between biology and technology
ART

[1] Symbiosis between biology and technology

In Biomodd, nature and technology are not juxtaposed but rather fused into imaginative hybrid…
Under the ‘eyes of the pineapple’ and after
Article

Under the ‘eyes of the pineapple’ and after

When the Vietnamese army entered Cambodia in January 1979, the soldiers found a devastated country…
Osdorp land of milk and honey
ART

Osdorp land of milk and honey

On the western edge of Amsterdam is a living example of rural fantasy, a stone’s throw from densely…
Formatting presence
EXPERIENCE

Formatting presence

Quillinan agrees that one can describe computers and systems as formatting tools of human presence.
Place in no place
EXPERIENCE

Place in no place

One of the major advantages computers give us is the lack of having to be in one place. And…
Biological, social and algorithmic reality
EXPERIENCE

Biological, social and algorithmic reality

Today human being’s experience evolves in a complex combination of biological and social systems
Perceiving logic
EXPERIENCE

Perceiving logic

Space is communication anyway, argues Jansma. It is communication from the designer of the space to…
Zero footprint of carbon energy
EXPERIENCE

Zero footprint of carbon energy

For Jansma the most important requirement of today’s technology is very simple: there should be…
Feedback of realness
EXPERIENCE

Feedback of realness

For Jansma technology is wonderful. Without it we couldn’t have the complicated urban society with…
Sharing sensual reality
EXPERIENCE

Sharing sensual reality

Zwarts & Jansma have made a lot of sports buildings but actually, according to Jansma, a soccer…
Experience of space
EXPERIENCE

Experience of space

Space is defined fundamentally by how one interacts with a space, Jansma argues. As a child he…
Systems of knowledge
EXPERIENCE

Systems of knowledge

Geetha Narayanan argues it is time to question our systems of knowledge. Professional life gets…
Social use of technology
EXPERIENCE

Social use of technology

Geetha Narayanan has lived in Bangalore since the 50’s and has witnessed how public funding in the…
Cycle of quality & wits to survive
EXPERIENCE

Cycle of quality & wits to survive

In traditional artisan’s context, where the user and the maker shared time and place, there was an…
Centredness as social structure
EXPERIENCE

Centredness as social structure

Learning the skills to work with the material is a process of inducing in traditional artisan…