links for 2009-11-12

  • Slave City — we make mon­ey not art
    “Slave City is an up-to-date con­cen­tra­tion camp made out of the lat­est tech­nol­o­gy and with the newest man­age­ment insights. The high­ly prof­itable Slave City (7 bil­lion euro net prof­it per year) is pro­vid­ed with all nec­es­sary facil­i­ties to make sure that the inhab­i­tants (called “par­tic­i­pants”) are as effi­cient as pos­si­ble.” Ah, the joys of mod­el­ing. An inter­est­ing exam­ple of a mod­el that has an agen­da, as opposed to the ster­ile exam­ples from the mod­el rail­way community.
    (tags: mod­els slav­ery crit­i­cal design cities)

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Kars Alfrink

Kars is a designer, researcher and educator focused on emerging technologies, social progress and the built environment.