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==== Introduction. ==== | ==== Introduction. ==== | ||
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+ | == Climate Change. == | ||
+ | In 2007 the Red Cross counted 405 natural catastrophes, | ||
== Engaging climate change. == | == Engaging climate change. == | ||
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* ethical living | * ethical living | ||
* eco-technology | * eco-technology | ||
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The Tsunamipants project surfaced from this shift as an attempt to address these issues in an engaging way. | The Tsunamipants project surfaced from this shift as an attempt to address these issues in an engaging way. | ||
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That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off | ||
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[[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle similar issues, but none offer a historic collection and none make design-series embedded specifically into the debate about climate change.\\ | [[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle similar issues, but none offer a historic collection and none make design-series embedded specifically into the debate about climate change.\\ | ||
Some are closely related, use humor like: | Some are closely related, use humor like: | ||
- | * The Yesmen made the survivaball, Ann de Gersem made the Life dress, Yael Mer made the Canoe dress. | + | * The Yesmen made the survivaball. |
+ | * Ralph Borland made Suited for Subversion. | ||
+ | * Ann de Gersem made the Life dress. | ||
+ | * Yael Mer made the Canoe dress. | ||
* Troy Hurtubise made the Grizzly and Troyan suits. | * Troy Hurtubise made the Grizzly and Troyan suits. | ||
* Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http:// | * Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http:// | ||
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I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ | ||
[[Storm]] | [[Storm]] | ||
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Positive side-effects: | Positive side-effects: | ||
- | * these horrors may result in Leapfrogging effects for the regions or nations affected. | + | * these horrors may result in [[http:// |
* many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined. | * many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined. | ||
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* Off-shore safety devices. | * Off-shore safety devices. | ||
* Tools for signaling and navigation. | * Tools for signaling and navigation. | ||
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==Public response. == | ==Public response. == | ||
- | The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the style of drawing that was applied and the scale of working. | + | The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the linear |
- | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, | + | The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, |