human technology vol.1

Hey everyone!
ok, no matter how strange this might sound : i need
ur noses! or to be more percise i need you to
explain to me the way it smells where you are NOW.
It can be just one word or a whole explanation,
doesnt matter.
tnx
:D
Pass this on to pple as well and think about "HUMAN
TECHNOLOGY" - word i dont understand...
and keep me posted


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Zdr na site
Ok, mozebi ke zvuci malce cudno, no sepak... mi
trebaat vasite nosevi! ili da bidam pojasna, mi
treba da mi objasnite kako mirisa vo mestoto kade
sto ste sega (doma, vo soba, nadvor,
internetcafe...). Ne e bitno dali e so eden zbor ili
cel esej...
fala
:D
Prepratete go ova na kolku luge mozete, i razmislete
za "COVECKA TEHNOLOGIJA" - jas ne go razbiram
znacenjeto na ovaa fraza...
i izvestuvaj te me ako imate nekoi interesni
odgovori


Stefi




answers:

1.  At this moment my nose is observing a mixture of
swaeat, wet musky clothing and gasoline. But it
changed just now adding a sweet sort of candy smell.
The musky smell is making me feel a bit sick, it's
like im in a airplane.

How this relates to "Human technology" I guess it is
my device to pick up things I like and don't like,
take me back to memories and can make me courious to
go in a certain dirrection.

Good luck with your research Steffi!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxX


Leo, amsterdam



2.   Zdravo olfaktoren manijaku!
Sedejki na rabotnata mi masa do mene dopiraat pomalku ili povekje
poznati mirisi( mirisot na chisto,mirisot na nekogash upotreben parfem
koj se ushte lebdi vo vozduhot,mirisot na otvoren marker koj se naogja
na 20 cm od moite nozdri,mirisot na gotvena hrana koj neumorno me mami
da ja napushtam segashnata mestopolozba,odbivniot miris na zelenata
koshula natopena vo more od karakteristichnata mirizba na nikotin i
onaa pospecifichna na mnogumina poznati i nepoznati lugje).Sepak,
vnimanieto mi go odvlekuva mirisot na neshto dovolno staro da bide moj
predok(vo figurativna smisla) i istovremeno dovolno prijatno  za da se
naogja vo mojata soba.Nushkajki  intenzivno  go sledam mirisot kako
shto kucheto-tragach  go sledi mirisot na kidnapirano telo i po nekolku
minutna potraga doagjam ochi vo korica so toa shto go baram : toa shto
gi voznemiri moite setila e bezdrugo stara kniga, koja mu prkosi na
vremeto i na moderniot pechat i ispushtajki go za nea tolki
karakteristichniot miris se bori da bide prochitana vo mikrosvetot na
knigi za da ispliva do chovechkiot makrokosmos.

Se nadevam deka ova moe malo izlaganje kje najde praktichna primena vo tvoeto baranje

PozdraF
B.

borjana, skopje


3.  hey steff,



it smells like warm dry books

JUDITH, amsterdam


4.  here behynd my computer it smells like food. kip tandori.
(chicken baked in tandori saus & rise.)

see you tomorrow.:)

Niles, amsterdam


5.  hahahaha stefke kaj mene mirisa vaka..na neizluftirano
pomesano so miris od cigari i na mandzja hahahahkazi kolku ubavo a :P


tINE, prague


6.  ok poso se em, mrzi ke ti pisam vaka kaj mene mirisa ubavo ama malce i na noze deka sea dojdov od FAX i mi trujat nozete:P
A ne go preprakam poso me mrziT:D


Sanja, skopje


7.  If iI didn't know u're asking me this because of school, I'd say u're a weirdo...
Well, it smells like the bar from last night,
thats probably my hair and i just threw up because of this alchoholic desaster.
That's what it smells like :-D hope you're well, hihi...

Andrea, dusseldorf


8.  it smells like a mixture of sweet black tea and cigarettes

Urok, antwerp


9.  Hey!It smells like mommy.You know i use savon de marseille..
and so did my mum and everything smells clean and nice!yay!

Eleni, amsterdam


10.  it smells like my home.
i have never had my own home smell but i do now.
even my clothes smell like it. its a woody smell and sweet.

well i dont know if this is what you mean but at least i took some time to try to explain this weirdness to you.

love you, r

roosje, amsterdam



11.  It's supposed to smell like nice food i cooked, and to a warm
winterlike room. Unfortunatly it doesn't, since i've got a  little cold
and i can't smell a fuck :(

x

Timo, amsterdam



12. it smells like fresh mac's here ;-)

Linde, amsterdam



13. Stefi za tebe sekako deka kje odgovoram na ova interesno prasanje. Momentalno dojdov od fakultet, nadvor e prilicno toplicko, taka da sigurno ti e poznat mirisot na umor, toplina i vlaznost. :). Kako i da e, sega vlagam pod tus...da mirisam na nivea. mmmmmmm najs! ajde BIG pozzdrav do LIDL!! : D

Igor, skopje


14. cold air and hot smoke

,greece



15. Well, I'm in my room, the dryer is on and it smells like warm clean clothes :D

kisses!
mel, rotterdam



16. im at his place...he's in the bed,lying down next to me. He's sleeping and i can smell his skin...it smells so natural,so fresh...i'm smellin the pillow,it smells like him and i can smell it forever...the air smells like us, two smells into one...i love this smell,it makes me feel safe next to the man who knows me verywell...

Elena, leiden



17. i dont smell anything i smoke too much.

lauriane, amsterdam



18. mirisot e cudna rabota .... ne go gledas, ne mozes da go opipas ... no mozes da go pocustvuvas ...
lugeto so izostren oset za miris dobibvaat poveke...
ne moraat da razgovaraat ili vidat, a ke doznaat mnogu za nekogo ili nesto.

Da go zememe primerot na eden dom kade ima bebe ...
Domot mirisa na bebe ... cisto ... ubavo .... toplo .... milo .... zar ima po ubavo nesto, bebe..

Mojata kancelarija ... mirisa na "novo" i cigari ... uzivam vo toj miris ....
dali ja dobi slikata deka imam nova kancelarija i deka sum pusac? ...
cesto ozoniram ... megutoa, toa ne e mojata kancelarija . - toa e prostorija spremna za priem na gosti ... Nautro koga ke vlezam vo mojata kancelarija i go pocustvuvam mojot miris se osekam na svoe i ubavo mi e ...
voobicaeno mirisot na sopstveniot dom ne mozam da go pocustvuvam a uste pomalku da go definiram ... najverovatno zosto mirisa na mene i mojata familija, megutoa site ostanati domovi (od moite prijateli) imaat svoj karakteristicen i edinstven miris ... toa ne e miris na parfem, ozoner, mandza ... so li ... toa e miris na DOM
voobicaeno i nema nekoja definicija za miris .. odnosno sekoj miris go sporeduvame so nesto materijalno i veke videno .. na prime vikame "kolku ubavo mirisa cvekevo" a ne kazuvame kako mirisa ... megitoa jas imam nekoja gruba podelba na mirisite po boja... zelano- svezo, plavo-more, temni boi (crno, bordo, kafeno)- mokno i tesko, nezni boi (roze, zolto, violetovo...) lesno, blago, cvetno, belo - cisto...

Meri, skopje

19. od mnogu odamna, imam so nosot, potocno so setiloto za miris, soodvetni problemi, alergii i sl.
isto taka, mnogu pusam cigari, sto dopolnitelno vlijae vo rabotenjeto na receptorite na setiloto.
skoro i da sum zaboravil deka nestata imaat miris - osven intenzivnite, ne cuvstvuvam nisto drugo!

sepak, se slucuva nekogas i da pocuvstvuvam (pomirisam) nesto karakteristicno

vo momentov, toa e mirisot na esenta i dozdot, a odejki na rabota, ne naletav na nekoj pred mene da me true
so izduvnite od svojot avtomobil (napomnav, takvi mirisi cuvstvuvam i mi precat)

veruvam deka so eden mal del pridonesov vo istrazuvanjeto

your wujka

Zarko Ristevski
SIMT
1000 Skopje, R. Makedonija

lab portraits

Stefi lab 1

Lab session – lab portraits

September 2007

Taking “Second hand”, or vintage, shop as a kind of lab, changes any kind of idea about clean, organized, controlled, special-condition-surrounding space one might have.

To simplify things, making a definition about what lab means for me might help.

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Lab is medical lab, or virus lab. I think it is very interesting the way viruses are divided in many groups, sections, boxes, containers and str. The thing that fascinates me about virus labs is the way they work: researching and analyzing old , and discovering new, all at the same place. Going from that idea, I made my own definition about the perfect lab.

So taking a second hand vintage shop as a kind of lab gave me space to rediscover old and create new things.

Is lab all about new ideas?

Passion!

Can you change your identity in a lab? Should you?

Atmosphere!

Why do old things always come back? Do we always need to rethink/reconsider?

Using what you have!

Matching contrasts!

Do new ideas need old methods? Or old methods – new ideas?

…

If time is continuous circle (past-present-future trends) how do we say unique or original?

Selection based on new trends.

Why second hand is original? Is it because is limited edition nowadays?

BijOns

Unique vintage store. The clothes are 20-50 years old, but never worn. Shipped mostly from Germany, but also all around Europe. Clothes, shoes, accessories, house hold items and much more.

Zipper

Nowadays mostly mainstreem fashion. Following the style of H&M they make the selection of clothes brought from US and Germany. Bringing new brands (CheapMonday) and designers, they are trying to change this second hand store into new designed-retro style.

Episode

The biggest chain of second hand stores in Europe. They get the clothes in big piles from charity. First is cleaning and selecting what is for their shop, the rest they sell to other second hand shops, and at the end what is left is again for charity. Episode is a Symbol.

manifest - toolbox

Project: My Study Manifesto- MY TOOL BOX

tutor(s): all

lab: 1

student: Stefanija Najdovska – Stefi

24^th September 2007

>>> Species Of Spaces And Other Pieces : Georges Perec <<<

First notes:

• events/excursions/traveling

• designers

• new laptop

• catalogs

• more money/better job

• open working space/more surfaces

• team work

• independent work

• outside school projects

• better perception

• access to more things

First list:

• better perception

• easier access to materials : plastic

• Knowing peoples needs, answers and dreams

• knowing how and what to question

• sandpaper : work things out till perfection, smoothness,the wanted layer

• being vulnerable : ski lift (escaping the safe zone)

• technology : laptop, programs, machines

Final list:

• perception

• plastic

• answers

• questions

• sandpaper

• ski lift

• technology

Perception : interpreting , selecting

We do not really see reality, we perceive it. The understanding of this truth is a fundamental NLP ( Neuro Linguistic Programming) principle. It is subtle but important distinction to inwardly know that what we see is an interpretation of reality. Why is this important?

We are always providing our own interpretation of reality based upon our own subjective, faulty or biased paradigms. This affects not just how we understand the world, but how we understand the people.

• How do we stay objective on one matter, when being a human after all?

• As designers do we HAVE to lose the subjective when working for masses of people we don't know?

• Knowing how wrong or unreliable our perception is as humans, how can we use it?

• Perceiving - a state of mind or way of living?

Plastic : fantastic?

The most used material these days – the future of producing. Imitation or any other material in wide range or quality, shapes, characteristics and possibilities.

>>> Patrick Jouin : SOLID (3d printing) <<<

• How can we use it to make it unique?

• How far can we go with it?

Answers : knowledge

A response from something done or said. Solution to a problem. To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily. Meeting the problem, knowing the needs, using the expectations and wishes. Working on getting the right answer - yours as well as somebody else's.

• How do u know you have the right answer? Coworkers, teachers, friends? What would be the criteria?

• Can you get an answer withought asking?

Questions : get hyper!

To make a request. To doubt. To be curious. To want more. To dare.

• Do we always need answers to our questions?

• If we don't need answers, why do we question things?

• Is it enough just to get you thinking or doubting?

• When or how do we stop questioning?

Sandpaper : change the world

It is used to remove small amounts of material from surfaces, to make them smoother, to remove a layer of material, or sometimes to make the surface rougher.

• Are we (“the designers”) changing the world?

• Do we dictated the rules of living?

Ski lift : the “thing” that pushes me

Metaphorically, the ski lift is the drive taking me out of the safe zone. Being vulnerable, and out on the open, I have to experience new things. No matter how scary it is, it is always for greater cause – learning. And, at the end, when I'm again on safe ground, I'm smarter. Have to make that big step to be proud of myself.

• What is it about the safe zone that makes us come back?

• Can you also learn in your safe zone?

• How do you make the world, your safe zone?

Technology : access to the world

Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt to it's environment. In human society, it is a consequence of science and engineering, although several technological advances predate the two concepts. Technology is a term with origin in the Greek "technologia", "τεχνολογία" — "techne", "τέχνη" ("craft") and "logia", "λογία" ("saying"). However "technology" can refer to material objects of use to humanity, such as machines, hardware or utensils, but can also encompass broader themes, including systems, methods of organization, and techniques. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include "construction technology", "medical technology", or "state-of-the-art technology".

(The state-of-the-art is the highest level of development, as of a device, technique, or scientific field, achieved at a particular time)

• By simplifying do we make thing easier to perceive or dull to live?

• Is technology “canning” the human in us?