The project identifies precarious citizens in today’s society as a parallel to the Bauhaus ideology to achieve better living conditions for working men. Who are the precarious citizens today and how can designers be of service to them? What does their situation mean in relation to the new intimicy?
Frank Kolkman researched in ‘Objects for the Sharing Economy’ ownership, employment and precarity in the sharing economy. Offering a new product typology aimed at a more inclusive approach to sharing. By mounting two-faced domestic appliances directly int