Designing for and against the manufactured normalcy field (2012)

(urbanhonking.com)

13 points | by nvader 3 hours ago

3 comments

  • Papazsazsa 49 minutes ago
    "In cultural practice this process of minimal change takes two primary forms. First, we create stories and metaphors that map strange new experiences back to something we already understand."

    This is quite common in creative fields as quick shorthand for a new concept. For example, in filmmaking you might introduce a new crime thriller as script as "It's like Michael Mann's Heat but set in the high finance world of *Wall Street."

    Probably true for a lot of innovation programs. "It's like Reddit but for hackers"

  • shermantanktop 8 minutes ago
    This is just the Overton Window applied laterally, no? In particular the intentional expansion or movement of the window by someone who seeks gain?
  • et1337 33 minutes ago
    Making normal things feel weird is basically the whole premise of the delightful webcomic Strange Planet: https://www.instagram.com/nathanwpylestrangeplanet