graceful degradation: the opposite of planned obsolescence
graceful degradation: the opposite of planned obsolescence
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Consider the term Wabi-Sabi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi
https://www.omaritani.com/blog/wabi-sabi-philosophy-teachings
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TL;DR: Beauty in imperfection. Not too relevant.
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Things will degrade, it's natural. Is this not about designing things that degrade functionally? Seemed related to me.
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The philosophy is tangentially relevant but there’s nothing wonky or antique about this flashlight so it’s not wabi-sabi.
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LoL, not yet. ;-) I guarantee it will be an antique in someone's junk drawer in record time. I like good design, and this one strikes me as specious.
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89 comments