A slowLab blog to enable Slow dialogues on the occasion of Platform21=Repairing in Amsterdam (NL).

Here we address how Slow Design can help re-imagine consumption behaviors, social collaboration scenarios, and systemic transitions to more sustainable futures.

Use this blog to contribute YOUR Slow Repair ideas and questions. They will be posted into the Platform21 exhibition space in Amsterdam through 30 August 2009.


Thursday, April 23, 2009

Slow Repair Dialogues > DATES AND TOPICS

Please join slowLab for one of our upcoming dialogues:

Friday 24 April: SLOW REPAIR > slowLab philosophy meets 'Repairing'
Slow perspectives on repairing through the lens of our six Slow Design Principles

Friday 29 May: SLOW CONSUMPTION > Re-imagining Material Interactions
Reflecting on consumption beliefs and experiences of materiality… Revealing alternative modes of designing for and interacting with the built environment... and more

Friday 19 June: SLOW TRANSITIONS > Rethinking Systems
Restoring sustainable practices... Envisioning new local landscapes... Systems level strategies for relocating human values and transitioning to sustainability.


Friday 21 August: SLOW COMMUNITIES > Renewing Social Relationships
Repairing/preparing people and societies for radical change… Re-imagining production, cross-cultural exchanges and collaborative creativity

All gatherings take place at Platform21 in Amsterdam. For directions, look here>

To participate, RSVP to info[at]slowlab.net
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