Working with what's there - Revision history

Simoon at 23:16, 24 December 2025

2025-12-24T23:16:37Z

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	* improvisation and ad-hoc approaches		* improvisation and ad-hoc approaches

	~~While making design and art in the past years, I've noticed that~~ working with what ~~is around me has brought the most joy, and simplified my approach.~~		One example of working with what's there is an improvised sticker set I made for an issue of SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "dark" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.

	~~One example~~ is an improvised sticker set I made ~~while working on~~ SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "~~DarkTimes~~" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.

Simoon at 23:15, 24 December 2025

2025-12-24T23:15:50Z

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	* improvisation and ad-hoc approaches		* improvisation and ad-hoc approaches

	While making design and art in the past years, I've noticed that working with what is around me has ~~been a successful~~ approach.		While making design and art in the past years, I've noticed that working with what is around me has brought the most joy, and simplified my approach.

	One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.		One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.

Simoon at 12:02, 26 November 2025

2025-11-26T12:02:48Z

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	* starting from the middle		* starting from the middle
			* entry points into ongoing conversations around collaborative and collective practices
	* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing)		* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing)
	* autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)		* autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)

Simoon at 12:01, 26 November 2025

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			[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-sheet.jpeg\|thumb\|The full sticker set]]
			[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-on-laptop.jpeg\|thumb\|One of the stickers on my laptop]]

	If we consider design to be a collaborative, transformative activity of world-building as opposed to just problem-solving, how to think about the materials, entities, and groups that are there to work with?		If we consider design to be a collaborative, transformative activity of world-building as opposed to just problem-solving, how to think about the materials, entities, and groups that are there to work with?

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	One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.		One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.

	~~[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-sheet.jpeg\|thumb\|The full sticker set]]~~
	~~[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-on-laptop.jpeg\|thumb\|One of the stickers on my laptop]]~~

Simoon at 16:20, 25 November 2025

2025-11-25T16:20:06Z

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	One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.		One example is an improvised sticker set I made while working on SomeTimes with Danny at Varia. We were struggling to find inspiration while designing stickers that reflected the theme of Varia's 2025/2026 Seasonal Computing public programme. Danny suggested making a "DarkTimes" sticker set, which contained inside jokes and puns. I had some pre-cut circular sticker sheets laying around from a project in 2012, so I decided to try out some designs that I could print myself. I designed a sheet using a font I bootlegged in 2015 from an Inuit calendar. I've been using this font quite a lot lately, because it is there. The apostrophes as accidentally reversed, but I don't want to fix that because it is not necessary and the font will only be used for display text. What is more important is that the font, like the pre-cut sticker sheets, is at easily at hand.

	[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-sheet.~~png~~\|thumb\|The full sticker set]]		[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-sheet.jpeg\|thumb\|The full sticker set]]
	[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-on-laptop.~~png~~\|thumb\|One of the stickers on my laptop]]		[[File:varia-darktimes-sticker-on-laptop.jpeg\|thumb\|One of the stickers on my laptop]]

Simoon at 16:19, 25 November 2025

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 * autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)
 * subsistence and frugality
-* immediacy
+* immediacy and DIY

Simoon at 16:00, 25 November 2025

2025-11-25T16:00:20Z

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	* autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)		* autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)
	* subsistence and frugality		* subsistence and frugality
			* immediacy

Simoon at 15:50, 25 November 2025

2025-11-25T15:50:40Z

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	* starting from the middle		* starting from the middle
	* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing)		* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing)
	* ~~subsistence and~~ autonomy as inter-~~dependence~~		* autonomy (choosing inter-dependencencies)
			* subsistence and frugality

Simoon at 15:49, 25 November 2025

2025-11-25T15:49:27Z

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	If we consider design to be a collaborative activity of world-building ~~(and not~~ just problem-solving), how to think about the materials, entities, and groups that are there to work with?		If we consider design to be a collaborative, transformative activity of world-building as opposed to just problem-solving, how to think about the materials, entities, and groups that are there to work with?

	What does it mean to ''work with material that is already there''? What does this bring to a design practice?		What does it mean to ''work with material that is already there''? What does this bring to a design practice?

Simoon at 15:48, 25 November 2025

2025-11-25T15:48:41Z

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	* starting from the middle		* starting from the middle
	* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing		* working within a material practice (I want to relate this to [[With_Simon_about_experimental_publishing\|these thoughts]] about experimental publishing)
	* subsistence and autonomy as inter-dependence		* subsistence and autonomy as inter-dependence