Rolling toys that the kids in Johannesburg’s Diepsloot township make out of aluminum cans, plastic containers, and wire.
Anna, the head of Global Studio, wants each of us to share two links to get people thinking about our upcoming work in Johannesburg. This made me think of one of my favorite blogs… As a human behavior researcher for Nokia, Jan Chipchase travels a lot and basically takes note of the different ways people interact and live on a daily basis. His blog always stirs up my thoughts and reminds me to think with open eyes and an open mind when observing the world and different communities.
Also John Thackara’s book In the Bubble is about thinking beyond designing objects to designing the situations in which new networks of people and energy can take place. How can you connect people, resources, and places in new, empowering combinations? You can read excerpts at that link. It’s made me think of larger networks and systems, of social capital as infrastructure, and of the more abstract world of situation design. “Focus on services, not on things, and refrain from flooding the world with pointless devices.”
