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Student	Lasse van den Bosch Christensen
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Bio	Lasse van den Bosch Christensen (DK) is a graphic designer living in Rotterdam. On a theoretical and practical level his research engages digital labour, changing modes of production, and the critical aspects of crowd-sourcing. He furthermore freelances as a graphic and webdesigner addressing the border between 'code' and design. He recently established a design studio with Marlon Harder.
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Google Gift

In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp. This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. File:Googleearth01.jpg File:Googleearth02.jpg Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers. In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google.

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-In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp.  This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers. In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google.
+In 2012 Google sold the 3D modeling software Google SketchUp. [[File:SketchUp02.jpg]][[File:SketchUp01.jpg]] This lead to the collapse of a web platform solely driven by a community of volunteer modelers. [[File:Geosummit.jpg]] For six years they had populated the virtual globe - Google Earth - with their creations. [[File:Googleearth01.jpg]] [[File:Googleearth02.jpg]] Most volunteers continued contributing until the very end. Just before announcing the sale of Google SketchUp, Google sent a gift to its most successful and productive volunteers, whom they addressed as 'top modelers'. The gift contained a 'Thank You'-postcard, a mug, a pencil case, Post-It notes and two stickers. In the aftermath of the platform's abrupt end, I asked several former 'top modelers' to give a gift in return. Each gift on display manifests an individual modeler’s own particular feelings and attitudes towards Google.
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