User:Yoana Buzova/creative ind

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DIY! WHY DIY?

DIY will never go out of style

DIFY / just did it

do it for you or

outsourcing DIY

DIY is so hype, you have to be it! Doing it yourself shows you are creative.

Sadly DIY is not as simple and easy as it looks in all those blogs, forums and tutorials! It could consume a lot of time, break your nerves and lead to unsatisfactory or NO results!

However it still very tempting to look DIY, be part of the lifestyle, hype, community!

well now it is very easily possible! don't waste your time…..order or buy our object of desire…..let's not discover the hot water. Everything is already made. So outsource it! And then pretend you did it!

We offer simple but high quality, authentic DIYfication. We offer you the fake DIY starter kit. With it you look like you got your hands dirty and did some work! From simple crafts to electronics. All that is left is to interact with your objects and look authentic with it! Take pictures of yourself and upload them to your social platforms!

BUT WHY DO WOULD YOU DO A THING LIKE THAT?

well

because less is more

spend less time trying and failing!

it means you win this time for you, your family and friends and for your business!

Create process and experience and looks without wasting time in actually doing it.

No failures and disappointments! What is left is only satisfaction and sense of achievement!

And you have become a part of a new, desired lifestyle!

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tell us your story……help us build better kits at DIY ---------

development notes during the thematic project

ANY TO DIY! almost like alchemy - contemporary alchemy / a diy generator???

NOTES FROM MICHAEL AND TIMO:

mass produce experience / giving people simulation of experience ---- i should elaborate on this experience kits

a before and after picture

a Facebook page before and after! false memories! constructing experiences

IDIFY / outsourcing DIY

do it for yourself / DIFY

quick reference NOTES:

DIY

building, repairing, modifying(("mod'ing") with no professional help, Everything old is new again

DIY, punk, skate, indy, pirate, zine, basement show, counterculture, community film, circuit bending,tinkering, maker culture,open design, hack, cook, homebuilt, remodernist film, self-publishing, self-everything

DIY is related to the Arts and Crafts movement, in that it offers an alternative to modern consumer culture's emphasis on relying on others to satisfy needs

financial crisis, does it play a role in the trend back to hands-on?

the prosumer - Marshall McLuhan and Barrington Nevitt ( 'Take Today',1972) mentioned that with electric technology, the consumer would become a producer. / Alvin Toffler's book 'The Third Wave' (1980) and the "prosumer" . "The Prosumer" as the professional and the consumer.

film: *D.I.Y. or Die: How to Survive as an Independent Artist.....didn't like it

also : The Whole Earth Catalog/Access to Tools

POINTS:

shoot a promo video ------> kickstarterish

LINKS:

[1] RENT A GOAT

[2] pay 15$ to get your pencil sharpened

Tao Xiangli - chinese DIYer

http://runwaydiy.com/about/ - fashion DIY

TRY:

working with *Pomodoro Technique