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 ==== Introduction. ==== ==== Introduction. ====
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 +== Climate Change. ==
 +In 2007 the Red Cross counted 405 natural catastrophes, in all 200 million people became victims of such disasters in some way.  Thats 40% up from 2006. ((World Disaster Report 2008))
  
 == Engaging climate change. == == Engaging climate change. ==
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   * ethical living   * ethical living
   * eco-technology   * eco-technology
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 The Tsunamipants project surfaced from this shift as an attempt to address these issues in an engaging way. The Tsunamipants project surfaced from this shift as an attempt to address these issues in an engaging way.
  
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 That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off  danger. In his work Mr. Brolin suffers from lack of expertise, lack of budged, oversized ambition and being over-all mediocre. These are common human traits that run beneath the surface of positive social change. To be able to construct anything realistically and therefor longlasting, I suggest we start by acknowledging that there is nothing inherently wrong with being mediocre. I realise that this goes against giant forces in popular culture, but Martin is deliberately portrayed as a mediocre inventor, although I only later became fully conscious of why I was doing this. That is the tragedy in which the inventor [[Martin Brolin]] is caught in the Tsunamipants project. Martin engages the extreme weather conditions that are associated with future climate changes and tries to engineer his way out-off  danger. In his work Mr. Brolin suffers from lack of expertise, lack of budged, oversized ambition and being over-all mediocre. These are common human traits that run beneath the surface of positive social change. To be able to construct anything realistically and therefor longlasting, I suggest we start by acknowledging that there is nothing inherently wrong with being mediocre. I realise that this goes against giant forces in popular culture, but Martin is deliberately portrayed as a mediocre inventor, although I only later became fully conscious of why I was doing this.
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 [[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle similar issues, but none offer a historic collection and none make design-series embedded specifically into the debate about climate change.\\ [[Tsunami Pants]] is embedded in the European tradition of the drawn narrative. There is a long tradition of mad-scientist and eccentric inventors in fiction. There are other art and design projects, that tackle similar issues, but none offer a historic collection and none make design-series embedded specifically into the debate about climate change.\\
 Some are closely related, use humor like: Some are closely related, use humor like:
-  * The Yesmen made the survivaball, Ann de Gersem made the Life dress, Yael Mer made the Canoe dress.+  * The Yesmen made the survivaball. 
 +  * Ralph Borland made Suited for Subversion. 
 +  * Ann de Gersem made the Life dress. 
 +  * Yael Mer made the Canoe dress.
   * Troy Hurtubise made the Grizzly and Troyan suits.   * Troy Hurtubise made the Grizzly and Troyan suits.
   * Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http://blog.modernmechanix.com|Modern Mechanics]]    * Inflatable swimming trunks and other inventions in the same spirit by real people are documented on [[http://blog.modernmechanix.com|Modern Mechanics]] 
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 I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\ I made one case study by following the events around a particularly violent storm on January 18, 2007 in the Netherlands.\\
 [[Storm]] [[Storm]]
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 Positive side-effects: Positive side-effects:
  
-  * these horrors may result in Leapfrogging effects for the regions or nations affected.+  * these horrors may result in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leapfrog_effect|Leapfrogging effects]] for the regions or nations affected.
   * many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined.   * many superheroes got their power in accidents so this might create opportunities for those supernaturally inclined.
  
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   * Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes.   * Drowning: and other water related risks are very big business for offshore and recreational purposes.
  
-From my research into survival engineering it became apparent that there are some areas of design that produce particularly attractive objects. Designs that offer protection to the head or part of the face, especially the nose. Things that offer escape from large structures. Off-shore safety devices. Tools for signaling and navigation.+From my research into survival engineering it became apparent that there are some areas of design that produce particularly attractive objects: 
 +  * Designs that offer protection to the head or part of the face, especially the nose. 
 +  * Things that offer escape from large structures. 
 +  * Off-shore safety devices. 
 +  * Tools for signaling and navigation. 
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 ==Public response. == ==Public response. ==
-The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the style of drawing that was applied and the scale of working.+The design of Martin with a bad haircut, slightly overweight and big was intended to place him as a very ordinary guy. But some members of the public have commented that they found it difficult to feel sympathy for him. During the process Martin sometimes devolved somewhat into a bum. He sometimes became more of a caricature, this was largely due to the linear style of drawing that was applied and the scale of working.
  
-The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, unlikely threats or solutions seemed powerful tools for connecting with people. Also a good description of the invention works. The imagery may work better in full-color.+The public responded well to presentations. Finding unlikely combinations, unlikely threats or solutions seemed powerful tools for connecting with people. Also a good name for the invention works. The imagery may work better in full-color.
  
  
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