Sunday, May 21, 2051

LoTeCLB (AKA Low-Tech Club)

Mission:
Digital natives seem to use technology to "explain way" complex gadgets.
Simple yet fully functional, low-tech artefacts can be more surprising and re-focus the attention on the principles behind gadgets, therefore help learning at deeper level.
The added values are that low-tech is cheaper and can be replicated, altered and deployed easier than high-tech solutions. Alteration opens the possibility of user co- and re-design.

Inspiration:
http://www.nextbillion.net/news/low-tech-lab-life-saving-solutions
http://hlt.media.mit.edu/wiki/
http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/
http://www.notechmagazine.com/

Example:
http://www.kellyangood.co.uk/pinhole.html

2 comments:

  1. dear blogger, i need a design for a simple mask made by paper folding ; or origami; for my daughters summer school project. any ideas?
    thanks
    a harried mother

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  2. Here are some nice finds:
    African Paper Masks,
    There is a great online book with a lot of masks (here).
    Converse has a nice interactive mask software (that runs in your browser): here. It takes a picture of your face and makes it into a printable mask!

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