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Field notes

A public notebook.

Short entries, each with its year. Each one says where its facts come from. Entries written after the fact say so.

  1. No. 07Installation

    Nine units

    Bins and chairs in public areas, a three-day sit test, and a letter.

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  2. No. 06Field update

    Reviewing a paint job from 3,500 kilometres away

    School resumed in Shenzhen. The build continued in Tasikmalaya on daily photographs.

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  3. No. 05Lesson

    It worked. It could be better.

    The first chair was usable and unfinished at the same time.

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  4. No. 04Production diary

    Frame first, cladding last

    The workshop's first day. The makers were asked to find the worst part of the drawing.

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  5. No. 03Community

    Asking first

    The kelurahan office, then the lanes. No product mentioned.

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  6. No. 02Design

    Targets are not results

    Two planning sheets, one bin and one bench, with every number marked as an estimate.

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  7. No. 01Material

    The pile, looked at properly

    First day at the depot with a camera and a notebook instead of a delivery list.

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