the libarynth

material_library

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:39:32 +0100

Material Libraries * Material Connexion * MateriO * Material Explorer * Merkx and Girod * Rematerialise * King's College * MaTech ---------- * Foam Material Library * Questions for Libraries * Meeting notes Margaret Pope related * EPEA; a collaboration between Material Connexion and MBDC * Pharos Project * Designers Accord * Inventables * CleanGredients for cleaning products ingredient chemicals * Ecolect * Ecospecifier * Packaging Materials Library

foam_material_library

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:37:59 +0100

Foam Material Library Set-up * Foam Material Library Categories * Foam Material Library To Do list see also material library for related info. Foam Material Library Prerequisites * what is our mission? * what do we want to do with lib? * what our strongest point could be, what would make sense?

foam_material_library_categories

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:03:40 +0100

5 Sections Foam Material Library From all material and information foam has, we could divide it in to 5 or 6 sections: * 1-Inspirational: -section where would go all materials: found, made...., all what doesn't have technical information, contact addresses, manufactures. (database is not needed)

meeting_notes_margaret_pope

lina kusaite — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:31:34 +0100

Meeting notes - Margaret Pope: * Who is she and what she is doing * Slide show presentation on different libraries, there setups and library designs * Classification systems. * Online Database * Important points for starting up library * Categorization * 14 Possible Material * Useful links

foam_material_library_to_do_list

lina kusaite — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:21:58 +0100

* contact firms for the sample information * order the folders for the doc to put in. * label design/ hand writing or print * Arrange the date with nik for look at the data base (23/03/2010) * - to make it possible to choose pre-existing companies * - to make it possible by: categories, index, company names

hpi

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:13:44 +0100

HPI / Human Plant Interface a speculative project within Project GroWorld to design and implement interfaces between humans and plants writing * groworld HPI related * plant sensing * Jagdish Chandra Bose wp>Jagadish Chandra Bose * early theories of plants responding to stimuli, emotions and sound. * proposed an electrical model of plant physiology, verified in 1992.

green_apps

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:05:05 +0100

Mobile phone applications with an environmental or ecological focus * Pollution “Provides Geographic Environemntal Information” * Waterprint “calculates how much water is imbedded in your daily activities, including what you wear, eat, drive and drink.” * “Trees Near You helps you learn about more than 500,000 trees that live on New York City sidewalks.” >

ecopoetics

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:36:46 +0100

EcoPoetics A buzzword without clear definition. Ecopoetics is not poetry about nature or the ecological crisis but a search for ways to use language to better appreciate/understand the interconnectedness of human, animal, mind, matter and nature. Language not as an object but as a motion.

forest_gardening

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:17:20 +0100

Forest Gardening Intro Forest gardens represent a farming technique radically different from Western (mono-)agricultural models and concepts. For many primary people around the world the cultivation and redesigning of patches of forest to create a reliable source of foodstuffs is elemental to their survival. For some Amazonian people (supposed hunter/gatherers) for instance it is calculated that 90% of their diet is produced in their gardens. The fact that many trained observers (like ethnobo…

the_age_of_the_unthinkable - created

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:40:29 +0100

The Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Ramo reading notes

augmented_foraging

Theun Karelse — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:19:44 +0100

Augmented Foraging Combining the ancient skills of foragers with the newest mobile media. A mobile phone guide to edible urban wild-food sources. Created in first instance for Amsterdam urban_edibles as a LAYAR app for the Iphone 3GS, T-Mobile G1, HTC Magic and other Android phones. We are considering Boskoi as a name for the mobile app because it translates as 'grazer' or 'browser' from the Greek 'βοσκοί'.

human_flesh_search_engine

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:19:25 +0100

jeruzalemgarden

Theun Karelse — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:02:07 +0100

Jeruzalemgarden ---------- Aardpeer - Helianthus tuberosus – Jeruzalem artichoke knollen uitzaaien in de winter, 30 cm from each other ---------- Achillea Milefolium - Duizendblad -Yarrow Familie: asteraceae Leefomgeving: Volle grond, zon, houdt van humus Hoogte: 0,2 - 1.m lang kleur: platte trossen, wit-roze bloempjes Compagnion plants: wortel , bes zaaien: juni, september in volle grond? Oogsten: Najaar Eetbare delen: bladeren en bloeiende toppen Tuinman: