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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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
Not sure I can :) From memory, your evocation of "folk interface" suggested taking tools out of context (at least the context implied by their author) and 'owning' them as a creator. I see this but wondered how it might also relate to an interface designed to be "owned". PTDNMS.