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That is the tragedy in which the inventor Martin Brolin is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | That is the tragedy in which the inventor Martin Brolin is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | ||
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* Adam Whinton and Yolita Nugent' | * Adam Whinton and Yolita Nugent' | ||
* Intercative clothes by, XS-lab, Despina and Papadopoulos or Hussein Chalayan. | * Intercative clothes by, XS-lab, Despina and Papadopoulos or Hussein Chalayan. | ||
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- | * concise summary of the problem domain/s that the research explores, or the specific aims of the research undertaken. | + | == The problem domain.== |
Since last year (2006) FoAM is adapting to a working method and living method that reduces our negative impact on living conditions for life on Earth. We are aware of the great need for this to happen, not just for members of our organization but for society as a whole. We would like to activate others to reduce their damage to the biosphere and society too. So at some point, and it has already arrived, our organization is going to communicate about issues concerning these environmental and social crises. | Since last year (2006) FoAM is adapting to a working method and living method that reduces our negative impact on living conditions for life on Earth. We are aware of the great need for this to happen, not just for members of our organization but for society as a whole. We would like to activate others to reduce their damage to the biosphere and society too. So at some point, and it has already arrived, our organization is going to communicate about issues concerning these environmental and social crises. | ||
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My aim is to show the ridiculous way in which we sometimes go about constructing solutions for climate-change problems. Martin Brolin is created to explore a way of engaging with this crisis in an uplifting way, by showing just such flawed design-strategies. | My aim is to show the ridiculous way in which we sometimes go about constructing solutions for climate-change problems. Martin Brolin is created to explore a way of engaging with this crisis in an uplifting way, by showing just such flawed design-strategies. | ||
- | Saint Francis of Assisi. | + | |
- | Giving environmental problems a direct physical presence for people is one of the great obstacles within the debate. Things happen too slow to see and feel, but extreme weather that is associated with climate change is very tangible. Although it is too big to bring to peoples physical reality, like Saint Francis of Assisi often did, extreme weather suits the ' | + | |
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* if the actual outcomes are different than the expected outcome, the reasons for this should be explained in the " | * if the actual outcomes are different than the expected outcome, the reasons for this should be explained in the " | ||
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- | * concise description of the way the research will be (has been) developed from establishing the problem definition to the final results | + | == Designing Tsunamipants, |
The first step to design portable safety technology for natural disasters is to make a full list of these horrors. From this the first opportunities for design become apparent. This can be complemented by a list of controversial technologies, | The first step to design portable safety technology for natural disasters is to make a full list of these horrors. From this the first opportunities for design become apparent. This can be complemented by a list of controversial technologies, | ||
Making a collection of historic and current solutions in wearable safety systems, gives a greater scope of possibilities in this field. | Making a collection of historic and current solutions in wearable safety systems, gives a greater scope of possibilities in this field. | ||
- | Designing Martin Brolin. | + | == Designing Martin Brolin. |
The narrative structure of this research hinted at the value of having a central character. While driving to the supermarket, | The narrative structure of this research hinted at the value of having a central character. While driving to the supermarket, | ||
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- | * justification | + | == Justification |
+ | One person in particular inspired me to design these strange contraptions; | ||
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+ | Giving environmental problems a direct physical presence for people is one of the great obstacles within the debate. Things happen too slow to see and feel, but extreme weather that is associated with climate change is very tangible. Although it is too big to bring to peoples physical reality, like Saint Francis of Assisi often did, tsunamipants resemble the ' | ||
+ | == DIY culture. == | ||
+ | There are great results to be gained from direct action. This was shown by Srinivasan Soundara Rajan and Marko Peljhan at the Luminous Green symposium and by Suprabha Seshan at the Hands-on Change symposium. ((luminousgreen.org)) The Tsunamipants research project tapps into this tradition and hopefully with the same infectious enthusiasm. | ||
==== Solution/ | ==== Solution/ | ||
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The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | ||
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On the Net: | On the Net: | ||
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* How should we then live?, Francis A. Schaeffer | * How should we then live?, Francis A. Schaeffer | ||
* Nexus #44 #46 #47 http:// | * Nexus #44 #46 #47 http:// | ||
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