Cultivating Serendipity
Keely Adler and
Cultivating Serendipity
Keely Adler and
There is, as it happens, a word for this: zemblanity, the opposite of serendipity*.* Pandemic Time is suffused with zemblanity; it is a temporality shaped by a sense of certain doom, foreseen and amenable to some mitigation, but not entirely avertable.
If algorithms delve into every corner of our lives until nothing inexplicable remains, the loss will be tremendous.
by virtue of being less planned, they are filled with personality, character, and charm.
By disobeying the digital design standards, we find room to explore new possibilities. We create surprise and we dive into the undiscovered. Refusing these guidelines, we design new spaces within which new narratives can occur, that people should take time to discover and understand. By doing so, we create a relationship with our welcomed visitors
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