Friday, February 5, 2010

I'm glad manifesto's can be in list form.

Design sets an example.
Restructuring our own values begins a greater discussion.

Design with the life cycle in mind.
This includes everything from trees, to bricks, to hardware and software.

Understand the carbon footprint of the Google search.

Good infrastructure is flexible.
In this instance, flexibility means being able to anticipate and plan for known changes and tactfully adapt when surprises occur.

Expect the unexpected.
I don’t really how to elaborate on this but it sounded cool.

Nobody benefits from hoarding.
Too much information begets too many resources devoted to that housing that information.

Privatization and exclusivity decreases productivity and progress.
The immaterial economy is upon us. Sharing [ideas, immaterial knowledge, codes, images] helps us all.

Technology alone will not save us.
Real change challenges existing institutions.

Re-instate the Common(s) as a resource and a product.
If the model can flourish online, it can be reinstated on the ground and in our planning policies.

Get political. We are the least involved generation politically speaking since it has been recorded.

Our designs do not stop at their physical manifestations.
Just as carefully as we craft our buildings, streets, plazas, and institutions, we must consider crafting the digital infrastructure, and a corresponding language, which supports and interacts with them.

We are where our attention is.
But – the body is still situated in time and space. Understanding this relationship is crucial.

The dignity of making things is important to our [human] livelihood.
Our ability to make art is a strictly human tradition. Take craft seriously. Beauty and use still have a place in a time of algorithmic design.


PS this is a draft :)

1 comment:

  1. I like the simplicity and directness of the list.

    Can you elaborate a little on:

    Design sets an example.

    Technology alone will not save us.
    Real change challenges existing institutions.

    Re-instate the Common(s) as a resource and a product.
    If the model can flourish online, it can be reinstated on the ground and in our planning policies.


    I am especially interested in this last statement. Maybe there is a diagram/illustration here? An example that shows the potential for this kind of model?

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