Idea collection:
- Personalized advertisements/infotainment displays in the studio…
- PA system in the studio…
- A little car going around reminding people of things…
- Interactive e-ink display
- Extremely small agentic AI in a box
- Newcomb’s Problem experiment
The overarching theme is always the same: Create an intervention aimed at the students in the Studio (I am also including ID1 students for simplicity, because we are close by).
The question behind it should encompass the aspects of DIY-mentality/the determination of being able to do things yourself, the rejection of corporate controlled life, and cultivating a community which builds upon these values.
A potential question at this stage may be: “How can I cultivate a community of tinkerers?”
This question however implies that I am the central figure in leading such a community, which is not what I want.
Based on that the question could be modified into: “What supports the cultivation of a tinkerer community?” maybe “What does the tinkering community need to thrive?” or “What can we do to make tinkering more mainstream?”
I have done a lot of different things over the holidays, but felt like I was going in circles.
What happens is that I pour time into projects, but these projects are so complex and involved from the outside perspective that it is really hard to engage for strangers. I end up doing things in my corner.
Clark has suggested that I do livestreams, that is, record myself working on the project, so I dont have trouble trying to formulate my progress into text and having to remember what it is what I did on what day.
This can also mean an live audience who can engage with whatever it is that I’m doing.
Self filming experiment:
The finished thing.
Filming myself indeed helped to document it a lot better than trying to take lots of pictures and explaining in text later.
Feedback from presentation techniques presentation run on 2026 06 03:
- The passion from personal interest is visible and adds strength to the statements. But:
- There is a crucial link missing from inspiration as a person to task as a designer to bring people closer to electronics.
- The Tinklets are a nice intervention, but it lacks context and instructions for casual passerbys to really engage with the subject of the Tinklet. – Ylvie
- About the workshop format: It is a really cool idea, and already really inspiring, but it needs a little more connection to more attachment points the participants can hook onto, otherwise this knowlege and experience floats in a vaccum.
My task as a designer (yes i’m a designer oh god)
Design a thing that once the workshop is over, is still in tangible reach of the participants. That includes further info or a beginner toolkit they can take home, aside from the speaker itself, optimally.
Design a process through which the participants can engage, understand, and gain context to be able to independently continue tinkering.
Understand what keeps people away (or doesn’t) from engaging more critically with electronics.
How do I sell the coolness of repairing electronics?
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