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Webdesign as architecture
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The Politics of Design
The Politics of Design
History of the design grid
History of the design grid
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Reenvisioning the Internet: Decentralize the Web to Sidestep Corporate Control
Reenvisioning the Internet: Decentraliz…

A website is never ready. It is subject to constant change, it is a resonant body of the technical status quo and a living projection of the authors. Endless scrolling, depending on the individual daily form.
Unlike other areas of visual culture where manifestation of form is sought and visual decisions are clear, there is only temporary authorship online – until the next update.
The desire for obvious decisions meets systemic factors and comes back as an unmanageable potpourri of possibilities. Analogous to the physical model of the double pendulum, the development of a website is a chaotic process – a steady balancing of seemingly unlimited possibilities.

Knoth & Renner

The Internet's global accessibility has lead us to think on a massive scale, but a community that lacks physical proximity can still be “local” in mindset.

Becca Abbe

Just as Masanobu Fukuoka believed a deeper understanding of nature is necessary to agriculture, the citizens of the web could certainly benefit from an increased awareness of their virtual environment. Moving off the grid in a digital sense might mean opting out of mainstream internet providers to connect through independent mesh networks, or hosting content on local computers distributed across a peer-to-peer web. Though the driving technologies can be complex to understand, it is important to demystify the inner workings of the web so that individuals may regain control of the tools that build it. The further we are distanced from the network’s core, the more powerless we become in redirecting its growth.

The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movemen…
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