(Via Wee Wonderfulls e Thoughts from the bus stop) O site de onde isto é retirado: Boing Boing
"Crafter manifesto: entrepreneurship and the Enlightenment Ulla-Maaria Mutanen, a Finnish crafter who presented today at the Reboot conference in Copenhagen, has written a draft crafter's manifesto that reads like a blueprint for the Enlightenment crossed with an entrepreneur's prayer. Good stuff.
1. People get satisfaction for being able to create/craft things because they can see themselves in the objects they make. This is not possible in purchased products.
2. The things that people have made themselves have magic powers. They have hidden meanings that other people can’t see.
3. The things people make they usually want to keep and update. Crafting is not against consumption. It is against throwing things away.
4. People seek recognition for the things they have made. Primarily it comes from their friends and family. This manifests as an economy of gifts.
5. People who believe they are producing genuinely cool things seek broader exposure for their products. This creates opportunities for alternative publishing channels.
6. Work inspires work. Seeing what other people have made generates new ideas and designs. "
Link para a versão integral
Eu assino em baixo!!!

Criações do meu lado esquerdo: é portuguesa e faz umas bonecas de papier mache, absolutamente fabulosas, entre outras coisas.
Juntar à minha wishlist: Space Cadet Watches, lindos...(o meu preferido é o cor-de-rosa) ;)