situational design

A search for meaningful design

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A HUMAN BEING IS PART OF A WHOLE

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You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.

Philip Roth (via likeafieldmouse)

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Are these personal photos just amusing snapshots or a dangerous sign of narcissistic addiction in western society?

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For nearly 50 years no one has been better at hooking kids on unhealthy food, spurring an epidemic of diet-related disease. Wish Ronald a speedy retirement!

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"All persons in the Netherlands shall be treated equally in equal circumstances. Discrimination on the grounds of religion, belief, political opinion, race or sex or on any other grounds whatsoever shall not be permitted."

Article 1 Constitution of the Netherlands (via luchombergen)

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Anna lappe advertising food for children. 

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Sherry Turkle: Connected, But alone? Our "new"ways of communication chance who we are!

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Online filter's leave us more isolated in a "connected" world

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Don Norman: The three ways that good design makes you happy (by TEDtalksDirector)

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they describe these photos as 25 reasons not to travel with public transport, but all i see are great reasons to do juist that!

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Pedro Reyers, Compatibility test for couples " Ingredients:

Two large glasses. A chopping board. A blender or a juice extractor. As many kinds of fruits and vegetables as possible. Instructions: 1) Choose the fruit or vegetable with which you most identify yourself. 2) Choose the fruit or vegetable with which you most identify your partner. 3) Make juice out of both fruits or vegetables. 4) Mix them well. 5) Judge your compatibility as a couple by its taste."

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Pavillion-  a. A light, sometimes ornamental roofed structure, used for amusement or shelter, as at parks or fairs: a picnic pavilion.

b. A usually temporary structure erected at a fair or show for use by an exhibitor: the French pavilion at the World's Fair.

Pavillion by students Wing Yi Hui and Lap Ming Wong of the Oslo School of Architecture and Design

Source: Dezeen

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Folly, "an often extravagant picturesque building erected to suit a fanciful taste." Folly by Baumhauer Source: Dezeen

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Dus Architects Bucky Bar Public Staging for all. " The Bucky Bar is a full-scale model of such a future. It shows the power of space for spontaneous gathering, for improvised shelters to host conversations, debates, games or even parties. Quote of the night: "when is the next party?!"

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TEDxStellenbosch - Marika Shioiri-Clark on empathic architecture 

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Pas vanuit schole, stelde Plato bijvoorbeeld, schole is het Griekse woord voor rust en vrije tijd, waar ons woord school vanaf is geleid, is de mens in staat te leren en kritisch na te denken. Weinig leerlingen of studenten zullen overigens hun school of universiteit, waar alle nadruk op snelheid en prestatie is komen te liggen, echter nog als een plek van rust ervaren.

-Joke Hermsen

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Dont ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.

Howard Thurman