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ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THROUGH TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE. APPROACHES
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Digitalization, automatisation and optimisation generats a lot of new possibilities which are changing the economy, ecology and also over social behavior. Social interaction and human behavior is most responsible for our human well being and is independent or income and social classes. The improvement brings dangers to forget how we focus towards empathy and our togetherness. Products in over urban environment can help as a product or as a byproduct to provoke human interactions and generate “ social glueâ€?. How we should not design for a social interactions. Generating space for debates, arguments, teachings, ‌ is related to tangible space and reasons which enable encouragement. Is our contemporary communication sustainable?
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The Head of the University of Art and Design in Vancouver has stated that design is “everything we do every day”. This statement demonstrates how the field of design is intrinsically related to living and interacting with other people. The purpose of design can be seen from different angles and designers are able to design for their particular viewpoint. But most designers are driven by industry; by bigger companies and businesses which sustain their existence by feeding the market and increasing consumption. These companies are driven by an economic focus and the need to earn money. This creates a danger of forgetting to design for intention and attitude when following self-interested goals and opinions. Studying at a design school presents an opportunity to work on self-driven projects and develop an independent attitude while learning and experimenting in a safe and secure environment.
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„Even if the corporate greed of many design offices makes this kind of design impossible, students should at least be encouraged to work in this manner. For in showing students new areas of engagement, we may set up alternative patterns of thinking about design problems. We may help them to develop the kind of social and moral responsibility that is needed.“ Design for the real world /page 69 / Victor Papanek
It is critical to have a closer look into social interactions and what the role of design is and can be, as well as compare tangible elements and intangible environments for generating togetherness. These reflections come from a designer’s perspective. Papanek mentions that this topic needs also to be explored in part by a social scientist or at least in collaboration with one. Developing a deeper understanding of how people live together and are encouraged and enabled to “move together” is a topic which requires an academic understanding of togetherness while working cooperatively with people from other disciplines.
„The academic desperation toward speciality becomes worrisome when we remember that the price a species pays for specialization usually turns out to be extinction. Ideally, of course, groups of concerned people of all ages would meet together to engage in design. This would mean to learn, study teach one another, experiment, engage in research and discussion, and interact with one another and with people from disciplines not generally considered design. Such a group would be small (thirty to fifty in number), and its members might stay together for weeks, month, or even years. Individual team members or small groups might detach themselves from the group, traveling or working directly with other groups or with manufacturing systems.“ Design for the real world /page 300 / Victor Papanek
“Move together for Moving together” — can be the result of the “line of togetherness”
To understand the term togetherness requires an analytical framework for the word. The “need of togetherness”: is there a problem which needs to be solved in a novel way? The “medium of togetherness”: is an entity which is tangible as an object or intangible as an environment. And the “benefit of togetherness”. If the words align there is the “line of togetherness” that encompasses these three steps. “Need” – “Medium” – “Result”
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THE NEED O T HE The “need of togetherness” is closely linked to the “result of togetherness”. If we witness an outcome that is made possible by and encouraged by a “medium of togetherness”, over time we realize that this indicates a need of togetherness. “Needs of togetherness” are mostly invisible and remain unrealized. The direct opposite of togetherness is loneliness, which is does not necessarily constitute a negative mood, but which over time can turn into depression. Physical and mental loneliness are created by different situations.
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Even when someone is sitting in the train surrounded by many people they can feel lonely. If a pupil is sitting in a class full of classmates, he can feel isolated if he is struggling with something. Like with many examples of innovations, identifying the problem is often the biggest challenge. Realizing that there is a large potential benefit of togetherness is often not clearly apparent. There are many apparent reasons a person may use the “togetherness medium” and online dating app Tinder. The first is that although the person may be
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well-connected in a strong social network, he or she is trying to get in touch with people who are not in his or her circle of friends. Another reason is that a user may be socially disconnected and work long hours, and have no idea how and when to get in touch with people. To escape a social bubble and enter a new social bubble both require a lot of effort and a method. Being bored and without an approach to meet new people is also a reason to use this app. Working and studying in a good team requires a positive social atmosphere between colleagues. A positive atmosphere occurs when people value good behavior and feel empathy for each other. The benefits of collectivism as compared to individualism are hard to imagine and the manner and conditions of its practice are less accessible; it is hard to imagine shifting from an individual use to an collective use. This is true regarding the use of products but also in a broader sense of shifting from an individual being to a collective being. “The medium of Togetherness�
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THE MEDIU TOGETHER N approaches and enables the bridging of people, and gives them an idea of how and why they should get along. This medium also critically questions the relationships between strangers and neighbors. The reasons can be tangible or intangible and can be approached from different angles
car. The first goal is to get from A to B but the way of doing this is driven by a positive approach and a positive way of providing a safe togetherness and a collective empathy. Collective empathy can occur in a crisis during which there is a great need to help each other; in this case the need can be fulfilled by acting in a proper way together. But preventing The Reason Developing different mediums can crises and focusing on providing take the form of a “product” its- a attractive alternative to improve the status quo is a reason elf and “Togetherness as a proto think about “Togetherness as a duct”. The designer is focusing on bringing people together, for by-product” for a collective well example with digital dating apps being. or beaches in public spaces. In The tangible “medium of togetherthe first instance of the “product” itself, the purpose isn‘t ness” is seen as a physical obthe togetherness, but rather “to- ject, or a physical interface getherness as a by-product”. The that a person interacts with if main purpose is to solve a problem the medium is online or a software. The tangible medium is geand the means of reaching this goal is togetherness. An example nerating a space and a cause for human interaction. It enables of this is sharing rides in the
UM OF R NESS people to break the ice in conversations, or to help each other and share knowledge and viewpoint. The objects, their shape and color, their arrangement, brightness, warmness, the context in which they are used can generate an approach for interaction and enable someone to join and interact. We must differentiate between products for individual use and products for collective use; by understanding the reason for individual use and collective use we can figure out what makes a product needs more collective or more individual and transfer this to other cases of use to thereby rethink collectivism and indivi-
dualism. Currently a car is still more of an individual and private good, but is slowly shifting towards being a collective good. The human relationships around the car have to shift if this good is no longer an individual good. People must interact together in a different way. For a designer it is an interesting question to think about what is created first, a conception of change by generating a speculative scenario and proposing a solution for it or a situation in which change is necessary because of a crisis or a limitation of resources. The intangible “medium of togetherness� is the social environment. Being part of a group or having a social network consists of people who share the same options, have the same problems, or believe in the same god or the same soccer club. The social environment as an intangible medium of togetherness is different in its access, either driven by one collective option or habit or just driven by the reason to be together. The goal, the way of thinking, the problem, the school, the soccer club, etcete-
ra, are the product and togetherness is the by-product. The medium of connection occurs at a third point that is followed by the group. This means of connection can be seen in scenarios where the intangible “medium� is just the reason to be together and togetherness becomes the product. This can occur when you interact with a friend because of the person they are and the relationship you have with them without any third point of common connection. Tangible and intangible media often occur together. A church encompasses a intangible belief system alongside the tangible symbol of the cross and the physical building of the church. The soccer club has jerseys, a logo, fans songs, colors as well as the location which is the station or the fan pub after the game. But even without communication, tangible and visual objects can indicate the collective intangible belief in this soccer club. In over human history a fireplace has given us a reason to get warm, make food and be together.
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The fireplace is the medium which brings people together and provides a space for social interaction, while having the purpose of preparing food and of social interaction. Generating coziness and a great atmosphere to talk in a calm and respectful with fire, light or music is way to encourage intangible togetherness between friends, and also gives a reason for strangers to interact and works as a tangible medium for generating togetherness.
The two sides of togetherness are taking place in many cases and if we are enabling togetherness in the one hand the is a danger to increasing separation on the other side.
A medium which is separating people are in the most often coming pared with another benefit or even another stage of togetherness at the other side. If a food delivering service is serving someone with food this person don’t have to leave the house so there are many reasons for randomly meet people are not there anymore. The phoneme of cocooning in encouraged with this service. But at the other hand the guy who‘s is working for the delivering service is doing a work which gives him partly a feeling of togetherness. If there is a strong feeling of togetherness happening within religions than there is also a big danger that groups are fighting each other because their own true is strong that they dont except other options anymore. A strong opinion and a huge feeling of togetherness and collectivism can be bind the group it self tide together but separate from other parts of the society. A borad game which is for four participants are generation a separation and an exclusion if there are five
people are willing to play. This challenges are also imported to know how to deal with this issues. Structures, objects, graphics, logs, products and furniture which are designed for reaching a specific benefit though a medium of togetherness can be also challenge the society in therms of changing the conventions to provoke now ways of engaging and another sense of togetherness and collectivism. Design for separation is designing solution which makes a human interaction not necessary and enables individual to help themselves individually. Using the example of searching the right way in a city. The old fashion and low tech version is ask a local person for the way, later many people where using a map for finding the way and finally people are using their smartphone to “google” the shortest and easiest way the get to the destination without even have a look what happens left and right beside the way or even make a mistake and using an unintended route which might be including random experiences. The map in the hand of a person is more than just a map in his hand it is also a indicator for telling the others “I’m not from here, I might need help.” The maps a hidden way of searching for help, the smartphone a indicator which is communication that the user of the phone can help themselves and is busy and in another work. The result of Togetherness can
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THE RESU beside generating separation also generate a strong feeling of being part of people or part of the society which brings sense and satisfaction into live.
Confronting yourself while having a discussion with a stranger or a friend is making someone think about his own person and in the same time stand for his attitude. A good result from to“Success is making the most numgetherness in the surrounding ber of people live better� Enabling people to help and got helped of an academic filed is the break give success a change and a stage. down barriers in between of universities and departments. Learn Often the person which is helping someone, is helping himself and having benefits of bringen knowledge together and underby making themselves use- and stand how the other one is thinsuccessful in the really low and king and working to emphasis with subtile way. Its not just about an eventually work or live parta practical and obvious help its ner. Rethink the way of being toalso talking to each other and sharing time and knowledge which gether in different surroundings and institutions can be getting is just fun and generates a good benifical, interesting and chalfeeling from being together.
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Summary Understand the way of using mediums for togetherness, rethink needs, benefits and results is getting more important for dealing with a getting older society, digitalization, a devision of rich and poor and also refugees for unimaginable reason in these days. Empathies and feel a sense of being together while tackling issues with partners, colleagues, clients and also while living and celebrate human interaction more or less often. Design in a close collaboration with other professions are able to design social innovation driven different medium of togetherness which are tangible or intangible.
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Keywords togetherness, collective, byproduct, product, medium, need, result, individual, beneficial, stranger, collectivism
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A DESIGN SCHOOL SHOULD BE A PLATFORM OPEN TO THE CITY […] The Open Design School is a school that is not a school, it is a place of exchange where we bring together diverse knowledge and experiences. […] We see school and university as periods in our life that end. In reality learning is an experience that never ends and that perpetually returns. The school tries to be a tool for research and real innovation, a platform open to the city. […] Joseph Grima Salvatore Peluso, “A design school should be a platform open to the city” domusweb, November 23, 2017, Interview with Joseph Grima
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„ INVISIBLE DESIGN. TODAY THAT MEANS: CONVENTIONAL DESIGN THAT DOES NOT TAKE NOTE OF ITS SOCIAL FUNCTION. HOWEVER, IT COULD ALSO MEAN: A DESIGN OF TOMORROW, WHICH IS ABLE TO CONSCIOUSLY CONSIDER INVISIBLE SYSTEMS OF OBJECTS AND HUMAN RELATIONS.“ lucius burckhardt
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„ WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE COME UP WITH SOMETHING CAUSE JESUS JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE IMPARTIALLY WORKING, AND ALL OF THE REST ARE REALLY DOWN IN THE RATINGS, BUT EVERYONE, IS GOING TO KEEP ON WAITING WAITING FOR PEACE, AT THE END OF OUR STREET, BACK BEHIND OUR APARTMENTS, IN OUR PASSENGER SEATS, JUST A MOMENT OF BLISS, OF IT ALL OF THE WAYS, BUT DESPAIR AND OBLIVION, OF OUR PRECARIOUS WAYS, IT'S OURS TO FACE NOW! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE COME UP WITH SOMETHING CAUSE JESUS JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE IMPARTIALLY WORKING, AND ALL OF THE REST ARE REALLY DOWN IN THE RATINGS, BUT EVERYONE, IS STILL RIGHT HERE WAITING“ 52
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„ THE RULE IS THE WORST THING. YOU JUST WANT TO BREAK IT.“ Oscar Niemeyer
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GRENFELL COUNCIL'S LACK OF EMPATHY IS AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF STRIPPED-BACK LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[…] The report speaks of “a leadership vacuum”, with a “distant council” and a lack of emotional intelligence in dealing with survivors and the community. It says empathy and emotional intelligence need to be put at the heart of its recovery plans. “We have seen many good intentions, which have gone unrecognised by residents,” says the report. “Often what has been lacking is the appropriate ‘style’ of delivery, where an approach that had empathy at its core would have had greater positive impact.
Systems, policies and practice need to be designed with people’s current needs at the heart as opposed to what is good or convenient administrative practice.” This comment speaks to one of the main failings of the council: to understand what the community needed, not just in terms of temporary accommodation, rehousing and the release of funds, but with regards to people centred response services. Many complained that the council seemed robotic in its responses, focusing on defending its approach rather than accepting and understanding that people viewed its actions as inadequate and working out precisely why. […]
[…] The taskforce urges the government to encourage a “highly innovative” response responding to residents’ needs, rather than being “bound by tried and tested bureaucratic response systems that are not appropriate in these circumstances”. […] […] “Empathy and emotional intelligence are absolutely imperative to a functioning council.” […] Dawn Foster, “Grenfell council's lack of empathy is an extreme example of stripped-back local government,” The Guardian, November 11,
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„ THE INDIVIDUAL IS LOSING SIGNIFICANCE; HIS DESTINY IS NO LONGER WHAT INTERESTS US.“ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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THE MODERN LOSS OF EMPATHY […] Why isn’t our empathy stronger? There are many possible answers. If we scroll through any screen nowadays, whether on our phones looking at social media, or on a television watching the news, we are bound to see violence. Violence simply sells. We have become inured to the violence occurring today: it is simply background noise. We don’t even know the names of the victims, let alone their backgrounds and life stories. All of this makes it harder for us to empathize. […] I can’t help but wonder as I see these messages of “thoughts and prayers” on my news feed, do people really mean it? […] Reuben Siegman, “The Modern Loss of Empathy,” Washington University political review, March 09, 2016, 83
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„ SMALL INTERVENTIONS, WHICH ALSO HAVE SYMBOLIC CHARACTER (…), ACHIEVE MORE IMPACT (USABILITY) THAN LARGE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.“ lucius burckhardt
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We need to cultivate curiosity about strangers in order to challenge our precarious 98% of us have the ability to emphasize. As a society we haven learn to hornets the power of empathy the create social and political transformation HOW TO START AN EMPATHY REVOLUTION We live in a age of hyperindividualism an aera which an overdose of free market culture and simplistic self-help have let us to believe that the best way to lead the good live and achieve the human happiness to pursue our narrow self interests follow a personal desires. I believe we urgently need an attitude World wide growing social divides
Empathy is… …Stepping into the shoes of another person looking at the world from there perspective Understanding the thoughts, the feeling,s the ideas, the experiences. The make up there view of the world its the understanding where another person is really coming from. evolution of human relationships growing global empathy deficit Roman Krznaric, “How to start an empathy revolution,” TEDxAthens, 2013,
We urgently need empathy to create the social glue to hold our societies together an to reroute the toxic us vs. them mentally which is the course of so much conflict. The most of us have lost the curiosity what we once had as children. We were passing strangers everyday without knowing whats going on in their mind we hardly know our neighbors.
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[…] No culture in history has ever given such importance to human feelings, desires and experiences. […] The formula Knowledge = Experiences x Sensitivity has changed not just our popular culture, but even our perception of weighty issues A BRIEF HISTORY like war. Throughout most of hisOF TOMORROW tory, when people wished to know whether a particular war was just, […] they asked God, they asked scripYou cannot experience something tures, and the asked kings, nobif you don’t have necessary senlemen and priest. Few cared about sitivity, and you cannot develop the opinion and experiences of a your sensitivity except by under- common soldier or an ordinary civilian. going a ling string of experien[…] ces. […] We aren’t born with a ready-made Harari, Yuval Noah. Homo Deus. conscience. As we pass through London: Vintage, 2017. life we hurt people and people page 279 / 283 hurt us, we pay attention, our moral sensitivity sharpens, and these experiences become a source of valuable ethical knowledge about what is good, what is right and who I really am. Humanism thus sees life as a gradual process of inner change, leading from ignorance to enlightenment by means of experiences. The highness aim of humanist life is to fully develop your knowledge through a wide variety of intellectual, emotional and physical experiences.
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„ NO DESIGN IS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE MATERIALS WITH WHICH YOU DESIGN ARE COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD.“ Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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„ HUMANITY NEEDS DREAMS TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE MISERIES OF DAILY EXISTENCE, EVEN IF ONLY FOR AN INSTANT.“ Oscar Niemeyer
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Page 36 / 37 Penny Webb - Separate Togetherness (see next page) Vancouver CAN / 2015 / the talking wall / robin weidner Dessau DEU / 1930 / Bauhaus Canteen (see next page)
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Den Bosch NLD / 2017 / carneval / robin weidner Victoria CAN / 2015 / concert gord / robin weidner Stuttgart DEU / 2012 / FORM FOLLOWS HANDICAPS /
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SEPARATE TOGETHERNESS Penny Webb’s graduation project Separate Togetherness looks at the role technology plays in long-distance communication, and provides an alternative for attention-heavy devices that exist in a digital environment, instead providing a means of communication within surrounding environments. The collection consist of a lamp, a mirror and a textile that all respond by colour change to a variety of distant interactions; movements in a room, a breath, and
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stroking of an object.
Graphic designer Ivana Toml jenovi-Mel-
With Separate Togetherness, Webb wanted
ler studied photography at the Bauhaus,
to escape as much as possible from what we
under the guidance of Berlin-based
perceive as ‘technological objects”, so
photographer Walter Peterhans. Quickly
she used combinations of smart materials
embracing the approach of the "New Visi-
to create the changing effect.
on" movement - which was led by practitioners such as Alexander Rodchenko and László Moholy-Nagy - Tomljenovi-Meller documented the ordinary life of the students who shared her life at the famous design school. Taken in 1930, this image captures a rarely seen aspect of the life at the Bauhaus in Dessau - the common meals eaten in the canteen of the school.
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BINNERSPROJECT The Binnersproject, a group of people which come together and discuss issues around binning, these people are binners (wastepickers) which sustain their livelihood with collecting cans and bottles from the garbage. The Binnersproject Vancouver gives the system of waste picking structure and a
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name. A visual identity which come out in ID-Cards, T-shirts and Caps is binding
Nurturing talents.
their participants together. The stigma
Form follows handicaps – when the design
around waste picking and bottle collec-
of products is guided towards the skills
ting is getting decreased.
of people with mental disabilities. „The mission of the Binners‘ Project is to Designing consumer products that convin-
re-value people and resources by facili-
ce through form and function. The focus
tating Canadian waste pickers learning
of this work is on the development of
and exchange within cities and across Ca-
products that can be made by people with
nada in order to build urban resilience,
disabilities. The work is using together-
social inclusivity and connection, and
ness as a medium for workers well being.
to guide waste management practices and
The product is not the main focus.
the development of new economic models. The project took off in January 2014 as a
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brainchild of Ken Lyotier, Founder and
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former Executive Director of United We Can, a non-profit bottle depot in operation in Vancouver‘s Downtown Eastside since 1995.“ https://vimeo.com/138780103 www.binnerproject.org
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Page 56 / 57 Vancouver CAN / 2015 / Binners ID card / robin weidner Schw. Gmünd DEU / 2014 / Alterhase.org –
second hand ID label / robin weidner
Amsterdam NLD / 2017 /selfhelping group / robin weidner Eindhoven NLD / 2018 / two friends under one head /
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One mans trash another mans treasure –
A space for placing goos which are for the
first owner trash. (see next pages)
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robin weidner (see next pages)
Dawn Foster, “Grenfell council‘s lack of empathy is
an extreme example of stripped-back local
government,” The Guardian, November 11, 2017
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Schw.GmĂźnd DEU / 2014 / Mitfahrscheibe.de/
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SOCIALORLOST – BENCH A special shapes bench for a spacial interaction in between of strangers.
MITFAHRSCHEIBE
Sitting alone on the bench is possible and playful. But a bench is made for more
The take a ride card and liftstops with
people and the empty seats are inviting
an distinct traffic sign matches people
people to join. With two or more it‘s
together which have the similar desti-
getting way more interesting and also
nation while traveling on the road. A car
more challenging to balance and care
driver with free seats have a chance to
about each other. Through small im-
find people in a simple way and people
pulses, one’s own behavior has a direct
without a car have the chance to communi-
influence on the counterpart. Balance
cate their wish of traveling.
and consideration are prerequisites for It is a system which bringt people with a harmonious coexistence.How stagnate
the same wish through the fact of trave-
are we in terms of getting in touch with
ling together. The medium of together-
strangers?How stretchy are we?
ness is mobility in the urban environ-
It is a furniture which brings people
ment.
with the same wish through the fact of
www.mitfahrscheibe.de
rasting together. The medium of to-
2014
getherness is rasting, relaxing and slo- robin weidner wing down in the public environment. socialorlost.com
OPENBRIDGE
2016 jonas voigt, robin weidner
One mans trash another mans treasure – A space for placing goos which are for the first owner trash. The space is an alternative compare to through this good in the garbage. A person with another sense of value have a point for looking about values in a human way. It is a system which brings people with the same wish through the fact of exchanging goods together. The medium of togetherness is used products and goods with value in from of a residence at the street. www.open-bridge-com 2015 Jonas Voigt, robin weidner
REFETTORIO GASTROMOTIVA Embracing the ongoing social gastronomy movement that questions the global food
IMPULSE-TOOL
system and proposes to fight poverty and social exclusion through food, the res-
Visualizing the actual internal mood un-
taurant Refettorio Gastromotiva in Rio
filtered to the outside and let your
de Janeiro (Brazil) was founded in 2015
counterpart see your personal inside.
by chefs David Hertz and Massimo Bottu-
This devise is be part of a social study
ra, together with journalist In fact,
about how we trigger experimental empa-
working closely with local communities
thy and raising upcoming questions about
as well as internationally renowned
the topic.
chefs, artists and athletes, the project Generation a sense of togetherness with provides food for homeless people and
a hypothetical tool.
runs educational workshops to encourage
www.impulse-tool.com
young culinary talents of the favelas of
2017
Rio.
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http://www.the-offbeats.com/articles/ lunchtime-table-togetherness/ David Hertz, Massimo Bottura and Ale Forbes
MENSCH ÄRGERN WIR UNS NICHT
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) 2015
The traditional game “mensch ärgere dich nicht” got a new shape. The originally four party for the four participants got break into four separate pieces. Now each player has his own figures and also his own part of the field. After breaking the layout of the field more and also less then four player can join. Everybody is responsible for his oven part to bring. The field can be become funny shapes and variations. Breaking conventions allows to add new roles and arrange you differently to your counterpart. The arrangement of the field and the hight number of player is adding a new experiance and a new challenge to the traditional game. 2017 robin weidner
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Courtesytable / Marleen Jansen /
www.marleenjansen.nl /
Wim de Leeuw
Lucius Burckhardt
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Eindhoven NLD / 2016 / Socialdesign symposium http://www.consumingthesocial.com/img/ ConsumingTheSocial_2R2A1135.jpg www.consumingthesocial.com
Page 106 / 107 Ulm DEU /2013 / Ulm school of design -the bar/
Conné van d´Grachten
https://www.german-architects.com/en/ projects/view/zentrum-fur-gestaltung hfg-ulm Istanbul TUR / 2013 / fisherman group / robin weidner Tinder app (see next page)
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Vancouver CAD / 2015 / coffee house commercial drive /
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Roman Krznaric / 2013 / TED Talk
How to start a empathy revolution
https://youtu.be/RT5X6NIJR88 Curitiba BRA / 2011 / Projeto de moveis / robin weidner
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COURTESYTABLE A project, developed after Marleens dissertation entitled ‘being forced voluntarily’ on the subject of table manners. How to steer the user of my product? How to prevent people from walking away from the table whilst having dinner? Well, to solve this problem, she created this table with see-saw seating. If one leaves the table, the other diner ends up on the floor. fotography Wim de Leeuw www.ziemijndesign.nl
WAS IST MENSCHLICH After a fire attack on a refugee home in Schwäbisch Gmünd this action was taken place during the night. Poster which were shown many attitudes what “human” is where hanged over night in the city center. Also some poster with an empty space for leaven your own comment and answer the question with the own handwriting. The next step oft the campain is to use the hand written word and place them on a new a1 poster and bring the word back to public. The idea is to ask the public and bring these answers in a bigger scale literally back to public. www.wasistmenschlich.de
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PROJETO DE MOVEIS -BRAZIL Different culture, different work, different people This project is about the partnership of the Fachschule für Holztechnik and the Senai in Curitiba/Arapongas. The Senai ist responsible for occupational advice and further training in brazil. A multifunctional piece of furniture should be developed, that could be set up in hotel rooms. The main purpose of the project was not just to develop furniture, but also about convey a systematic approach to dealing with projects. This was the first time I realized how ingeniously an interdisciplinary team can interact. Everybody had a function and could display their skills. Victor Höpker, Mario Nolle, Markus Rusch, Ferdinand Fischer, robin weidner
TINDER
Seanai Curitiba Fachschule für Holztechnik Stuttgart
Tinder is a Online-dating platform which
2011
brings people through an application and base on images together. If two participants decide to like their counterpart both can see each other and are able to interact. This app brings people together and brings a new approach for get in touch with strangers. It is service which can be seen critical. http://www.tinder.com
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social interaction / robin weidner
Schw.GmĂźnd DEU / 2014 / wasistmenschlich.de /
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Stuttgart DEU / 2015 / SSB-Service person /
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Page 124 / 125 Vancouver CAN / 2015 / hedgehog-idea.com /
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Human Library / Ronni Abergel and his brother Dany and
colleagues Asma Mouna and Christoffer
Erichsen (see next page)
Stuttgart DEU / 2015 / Collective christmas cards /
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Page 130 / 131 Happn -app Milan ITA / 2013 / free hugs / robin weidner Circo minimo / 2013 / Olivier Vadrot
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CIRCO MINIMO
HEDGEHOG IDEA A method for opening new personal conversations, especially with strangers. Different-coloured coffee sleeves should break the ice between strangers and help to start new conversations. A coffeehouse patron can decide if they would like to invite conversation or
“Relatively small in size, the Circo minimo was designed for a reduced audience (about twenty people or so). While its design is based on the rules laid down by Vitruvius, its scale - only a few meters in diameter - is closer to a piece of furniture than to an architecture”, explains Vadrot. “Made of poplar plywood, the light structure can be disassembled and reassembled quickly”, he underlines.
not. The green one means „Talk to me“ and the red one means „don‘t talk to me.“ Double-sided printing enables switching the inside out so one can change their mind in a spontaneous fashion. The logo and the name is inspired by the hedgehog which also has distinct ways of communicating a mood of openness versus feeling closed-off. The goal is to transition to a talkative, interactive society; welcoming and open. Get offline and rediscover face-to-face interaction in real life. It is a system which brings people with the same wish through the fact of rasting together. The medium of togetherness is having a coffee and slow down in the location of a coffee house. http://www.hedgehog-idea.com
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Olivier Vadrot– 2013 http://www.the-offbeats.com/ articles/theatre-build-democracy-cavae-koilon-olivier-vadrot/
HUMAN LIBRARY “The Human Library™ is designed to build a positive framework for conversations that can challenge stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue. The Human Library is a place where real people are on loan to readers. A place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered.”
RADFAHRBAHN This modular urban furniture system is related to bike lines and give cyclist an approach to rast, also to place the bike, repair the bike or get information about the environment. The system is providing modules for different use cases.
Ronni Abergel and his brother Dany and colleagues Asma Mouna and Christoffer Erichsen. http://humanlibrary.org
The blue pipe is connecting the modules. The module with the seats are giving the cyclist a space for social interaction and enables conversations. www.radfahrbahn.de robin weidner
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Eindhoven NLD / 2018 / Inclusive bench for older
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Victoria CAN / 2015 / Victoria Beach with Gord Taylor
the backpipe player from the „The Real
Mc Kenzies“ became a great friend.
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breakfast setting together with neigbours
in the sun / robin weidner
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photographer / robin weidner
Page 142 / 143 Istanbul TUR / 2013 / Thinking man / robin weidner Oscar Niemeyer
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LOGBOOK —TOGETHERNESS Design Acedemy Eindhoven Social Design Instructor Angela Rui Head Jan Bolen Student robin weidner 2018
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