weekly Objet library
Objects that expose their “marks of making”, or artifacts of how they were constructed, are a reminder that everything is made. Nothing simply appears. In a time when most people are wholly detached from making anything they consume, it’s easy to lose sight of that fact. I’m not necessarily lamenting this disconnect, but I appreciate any design which reminds us (whether intentionally or not) that it was made.
Object Histories: If walls could talk
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"And then just imagine, every object we interact with suddenly brings a rich history. How much more interesting would that be compared to mass-produced things? I don’t want the cheap factory thing, I want the one with the anecdotes! Things capture memories that were once vivid reality for someone. They have always had tales to tell; the humans that nurture them are humble messengers and scribes."
but we can also restore the value relationship between customer and object
The aesthetics of the Japanese lunchbox : Ekuan, Kenji, 1929-2015 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
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Runaway consumerism explains the Fermi Paradox
Fresh organic fruit juice costs so much more than nutrition-free soda. Having real friends is so much more effort than watching Friends on TV. Actually colonizing the galaxy would be so much harder than pretending to have done it when filming Star Wars or Serenity.
Most bright alien species probably go extinct gradually, allocating more time and resources to their pleasures, and less to their children.