After Japan's 2011 earthquake, a group of volunteer designers led by architect Keiji Ashizawa wanted to pitch in for disaster relief in the affected areas. The collective gathered a bunch of tools and materials, then set up workshops to teach residents how to knock together simple DIY furniture that they could keep. And an interesting thing happened: "These design-centered workshops, where DIY skills and ideas are shared, are still being run to this day," writes Ishinomaki Laboratory, as...
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