diff --git a/docs/projects/final-project.md b/docs/projects/final-project.md index 3ae00c3aae597321b1adf29e48a193f0ceed1d22..d7d4934fbb7efac3137e89bae9b7c2c3fc781ff1 100644 --- a/docs/projects/final-project.md +++ b/docs/projects/final-project.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ #Archiving New Naturals -##Scaffolding a context-aware global material commons: what's in *your* local archive? +##towards a context-aware global material commons: what's in *your* local archive? *Material samples, Loes Bogers, 2020* -**The goal of this project was to explore and develop simple methods for open archiving of socalled "new naturals"\*....** +**The goal of this project was to explore and develop simple methods for open archiving of socalled "new naturals"\*. The outcomes are developed to work toward a collaborative, global - but context-aware - material archive....** -- that is not only ecologically, but also historically, culturally, geographically aware -- that can extend material activism beyond bioplastics -- that promotes an open-source attitude to the development of design materials, and credits the work done by others before you -- that acknowledges all those practical questions: from buying the right kind of ingredient, all the way to tips and tricks for that challenging phase of controlled drying and curing materials to its "final" form. -- that is explained in layman's terms, demystifying ingredients and processes without oversimplifying them -- imaging collaborative open archiving that can facilitate critique, contestations, suggestions, updates and reviews from peers +- that is not only ecologically, but also historically, culturally, geographically aware; +- that can extend material activism beyond bioplastics; +- that promotes an open-source attitude to the development of design materials, and credits the work done by others before you; +- that acknowledges all those practical questions: from buying the right kind of ingredient, all the way to tips and tricks for that challenging phase of controlled drying and curing materials to its "final" form; +- that is explained in layman's terms, demystifying ingredients and processes without oversimplifying them; +- imaging collaborative open archiving that can facilitate critique, contestations, suggestions, updates and reviews from peers; - offering a package that allows novices to learn, and educators to get started in a systematic way... - ... and encourages experienced material designers and "alchemists" to continue asking the hard critical questions regarding sustainability and share those considerations with each recipe or ingredient.