Comments on: Dear Disaster by Jenny Ekdahl http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 19:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: xtiaan http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/comment-page-1/#comment-969738 xtiaan Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:25:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=233150#comment-969738 It looks very cool, but the link to its concept is tenuous at best. How exactly is interacting with a cabinet a "way for the user to tell her story, a conversation about sorrow and fear but also about finding meaning and regaining trust in nature after an incomprehensible event"? It's really clutching at straws. Interactive and attractive, yes, but a way to heal after a natural disaster has wiped out your home and loved ones? No, not at all, not even beginning to, not even years after the fact and frankly insulting to any victims to suggest your cabinet is imbued with such miraculous healing powers. It looks very cool, but the link to its concept is tenuous at best.

How exactly is interacting with a cabinet a “way for the user to tell her story, a conversation about sorrow and fear but also about finding meaning and regaining trust in nature after an incomprehensible event”?

It’s really clutching at straws. Interactive and attractive, yes, but a way to heal after a natural disaster has wiped out your home and loved ones? No, not at all, not even beginning to, not even years after the fact and frankly insulting to any victims to suggest your cabinet is imbued with such miraculous healing powers.

]]> By: Roberta Mutti http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/comment-page-1/#comment-968847 Roberta Mutti Mon, 06 Aug 2012 04:04:16 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=233150#comment-968847 Don't know what to say exactly. I've been hit by a flood, a fire, and an earthquake, so I'd say this is utter bullshit. Sorry. Don't know what to say exactly. I've been hit by a flood, a fire, and an earthquake, so I'd say this is utter bullshit. Sorry.

]]> By: DavidH http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/comment-page-1/#comment-968331 DavidH Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:54:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=233150#comment-968331 I'm taken with this concept—simple, fitting, and what I imagine would be a rich experience. I wonder about the stability of the stand though, especially in a destruction zone where so much in the environment already feels unstable. Even in the highlighted on-site image the stand doesn't offer an invitation of security, the first step needed to open the engagement. I’m taken with this concept—simple, fitting, and what I imagine would be a rich experience. I wonder about the stability of the stand though, especially in a destruction zone where so much in the environment already feels unstable. Even in the highlighted on-site image the stand doesn’t offer an invitation of security, the first step needed to open the engagement.

]]> By: duykim http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/comment-page-1/#comment-968310 duykim Fri, 03 Aug 2012 12:37:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=233150#comment-968310 This work is really stunning! This work is really stunning!

]]> By: Carole http://www.dezeen.com/2012/08/03/dear-disaster-by-jenny-ekdahl/comment-page-1/#comment-968301 Carole Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:46:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=233150#comment-968301 This is great, congratulations to the designer on such an intelligent use of design. I'm not sure about the reason for it being part of a cabinet - unless that was to link it more to the course expectation; but the theory behind the scales, as well as the subtle choice of shape and colour, is very satisfying. This is great, congratulations to the designer on such an intelligent use of design. I’m not sure about the reason for it being part of a cabinet – unless that was to link it more to the course expectation; but the theory behind the scales, as well as the subtle choice of shape and colour, is very satisfying.

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