Daniel Perlaky Notes

Notes on entreprenurism, multimedia, design, urban planning, and things learned.

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For Future Reference

How Buildings Become Smart, Self-Sufficient Organisms

Today, buildings are mostly shells with sparse intelligence or autonomy, even if their designs are works of art and their plans models of functional space.

Buildings of the future will need to be modular, multi-use, multi-connected, and be capable of reliably maintaining and optimizing system functions. Standardization, interchangeability, self-assembly, constant feedback loops will enable buildings to be more affordable, self-sustaining, and long-lasting, making adequate housing no longer a a scarcity for people.

The flexible use of space should focus on creating human connections and enhancing our ability to contribute to and gain from our community – while also allowing us to see and feel the building systems, and communities within, as our own corpus.

illustration/concept: Arup

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Media Appetite

100% Open Design

As designers (and humans) it’s sometimes hard to let go of individual ownership of what we make but the benefits of low-barrier collaboration and idea exchange are pretty undeniable.

Open Design Now, initiated by Creative Commons Nederland, Premsela, and Waag Society, is much more than a book – it’s a living digital compendium of well-considered articles and visual indices about collaboration, sideways thinking, guerrilla design, manifestos, blueprints, and oh so much more.

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Talkin on Talk Of The Nation NPR

I got to make a few points on NPR's Talk Of The Nation about the independent film distribution renaissance and tools like Tugg (where I'm creative director) that help films reach audiences by crowdsourcing on-demand theatrical screenings – like Netflix meets Kickstarter but for theaters... My contribution to the conversation is around the 11 minute mark.

link: http://www.npr.org/2013/02/14/172017173/oscar-documentaries-a-look-behind-the-scenes

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One of my heroes explaining how the universe works.

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TEDxAustin

fear less / invisibility through negative refraction / self-perception shift / complimentary intellect system extending human cognition / surprise forecasting – "only bother me with an alert if there's a high probability that I'll be negatively surprised by an anomaly in the future that I should consider now" / life-browser with volume control / a designed lunch in balance with the Japanese food colors / a man touches his wife's hand for the first time with a replacement arm controlled by his thoughts  / "life gets interesting when we fail because it's a sign that we have surpassed ourselves" / "what would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?" / landfillharmonic recycled orchestra / "hell is a place where nothing connects to nothing"