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“It’s unfortunate that in a system where all design compositions and all lines of code must maximize shareholder value, we never learn to play and how to break the rules in order to produce something new and exciting.” 👏, davatron5000 davatron5000/1223336636492275713Permalink On twitter.com
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This is so true and the classic dilemma of all constructed systems. They are rigid and don’t allow for much flexibility. And that also means that they run counter to the inherent qualities of the Web. I wrote about this last year, too: matthiasott.com/notes/construction-vs-growthPermalink On twitter.com
2020 Jan 31
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What triggered the post was an episode of Netflix’s documentary series Abstract which portrayed Neri Oxman and her work. She approaches systems design as gardening. So instead of building a system from small, reusable parts, she tries to create the *conditions* under which…Permalink On twitter.com
2020 Jan 31
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…a system grows and then tries to guide this growth into a desired direction with a lot of prototyping. Given that most UI elements will soon be commoditized and possibly AI-generated, Oxman’s approach to design strikes me as being even more relevant than we might realize.Permalink On twitter.com
2020 Jan 31
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Just one example of her work: She and her team at the MIT “created a swarm of robots designed to rapidly build high-strength tubular structures by winding fibreglass filament around themselves.” dezeen.com/2018/10/05/neri-oxman-fiberbots-mediated-matter-lab-mit-architectural-structures/On twitter.com
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