Wrote a piece about 'folk interfaces' – a term coined that captures the phenomenon of users reappropriating interfaces for their own needs
Touches on spreadsheet practices, power dynamics, and Mingei. Ends with gratuitous art ;)
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I'm riffing off Cristobal's original essay. Required pre-reading:
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I wrote about how software can expand (but often forecloses) one's imagination of what's possible to create with media!
cristobal.space/writing/folk
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If anyone reads this and is reminded of other folk interface examples, please do share them!
Happy to add them on with attribution. It takes a village to raise a well-documented phenomenon.
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this is one of my favorite topics of all time! I was just sharing an anecdote this morning about my son and his friends using markdown codeblocks to color-emphathise their chats. Can't wait to read something in depth on this!
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There is a question for me underlying your definition: between “appropriating a tool for a purpose not envisaged by its designers” and “a tool designed to be a space for exploring practice”.
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Can you explain it another way? I'm not sure what the question is
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