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Folk interfaces are when users reappropriate existing software to solve their own problems. Rather than using applications in the ways designers and developers intended, they creatively reconfigure them to do unexpected things.
Folk Interfaces
Maggie Appleton
At Maggie Daley Park, one of the project’s defining challenges was to find a material that could sit above an underground parking garage, which could only support a limited weight. In addition, the park’s design brief called for “a complex landscape that offers experiential range” with varied character, scale, and seasonal attributes. To build any kind of varied topography and support the planned winter “ice ribbon” and play spaces, it was necessary to use a fill material that was lighter than soil. Geofoam, at approximately 1/100 the density of dirt, was the obvious solution.
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Use three programming languages for all I care. That's how I do it. I write some, and if I'm blocked, I'll sometimes work in another language for a while. That's what compilers are for.
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin
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