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From: Bruce Sterling [bruces@well.com]
Subject: Viridian Note 00331: Contest Winner Key concepts: Mary Kaldor, Viridian Global Civil Society Design Contest Attention Conservation Notice: Our contest judge has rendered her verdict. Links: Whoa, those are some kinda parody banner-ads. Giant fungal remediation weirdness. Rather interesting short sci-fi story about
ubiquitous computation. Viridian Design site. Viridian Contest Archive Our Judge, Dr. Mary Kaldor of the Global Civil Society Yearbook. Entries in the Global Civil Society Design Contest. From: Steven W. Schuldt <swschuldt*mac.com> From: Ben Davis <bend*earthlink.net> From: Joerg F. Wittenberger <Joerg.Wittenberger*pobox.com> From: Scott Vandehey <scot*spaceninja.com > From: Bob Morris <bob*bomoco.com> From: Anonymous http://home.freiepresse.de/befis/zx2000.html http://apollo.spaceports.com/~bodo4all/zx/zx97.htm http://www.vkb.co.il/ From: Jim Thompson <jim*musenki.com> From: Mike Rosing <eresrch*eskimo.com> From: Till Westermayer <till*tillwe.de> From: Duncan Stewart <stewarts*stewarts.org?> From: R. Charles Flickinger <idlewild*mac.com> From: Kevin Prichard <kevin*indymedia.org> From: Dave Phelan <dphelan*pavilion.co.uk http://www.btinternet.com/~dphelan/viridian/gcs-computer.html From: Dan Reynolds <orion_obrien*hotmail.com> From: John Romans <joro*panicfire.net> From: Allen Wong <threadprinter*hotmail.com> From: Joel Westerberg <joel*unsafe.nu> From: Chris McCormick <chris*mccormick.cx> From: Adrian Cotter <acotter*nonsensical.com> From: "jg" <jg*solarpc.com> From: Kevin Prichard <musicasa*prichard.org> Viridian Judge Mary Kaldor offers a judicial design critique: "Dear Bruce "My main criteria were the wow factor and the relevance to global civil society. "On this basis the winner is: Link: "What I like about it is that it's simple, cheap, uses material that is to hand, and, most important, it is individualistic. It's a design-your-own computer, so no two computers will look alike. Its about self-organisation and autonomy, combined with communication and shared principles. "The runners-up were: Adrian Cotter's The Deck. Link: "I thought this was fun and would look nice – prettier than the vacuumpacked computer. But I wasn't sure why it would be more suitable for a global citizen than, say a global corporation. Till Westermayer's Tough Notebook. Link: "This one had really thought through the needs of the global citizens but it wasn't quite as exciting as the others – it lacked the wow factor. Chris McCormick. "I loved the materials. But I marked it down because of the emphasis on security and encryption (same with a lot of others). Security is for governments and corporations – global citizens trust each other and are open. "I really enjoyed this. "All the best, Mary" O=c=O O=c=O O=c=O O=c=O O=c=O O=c=O |
