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Stories, behaviour and purpose

Stories, behaviour and purpose

Notes on how to rethink and shape the urban space with design and technology. A talk I gave at BMWi Guggenheim Labs / Mashable Innovation Series in Berlin 16.7.2012.

See full transcribed talk at http://nordkapp.fi/blog/2012/07/talk-stories-behaviour-and-purpose/

Sami Niemelä

July 16, 2012
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  1. Sami Niemelä @samin http:/ /nordkapp.fi Stories, behaviour and purpose —

    notes on how to rethink and shape the urban space with design and technology.
  2. Paimiio chair (left) , designed for the Paimio Sanatorium(right). Both

    designed by Alvar Aalto. Images by Artek and Wikipedia
  3. “bits on places” SOURCE MISSING, SOZ have a kitten instead:

    http:/ /www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXgpR2lzo4
  4. “The strongest impacts of an emergent technology are always unanticipated.

    You can’t know what people are going to do until they get their hands on it and start using it on a daily basis, using it to make a buck and using it for criminal purpose and all the di≠erent things that people do.” william gibson on the art of fiction at the Paris Review http:/ /www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6089/the-art-of-fiction-no-211-william-gibson —
  5. “Every good product I've ever seen is because a group

    of people cared deeply about making something wonderful that they and their friends wanted. They wanted to use it themselves.” — Steve Jobs, quoted on http:/ /stevetold.us/#ixzz20MEuRKEU