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This came up in the studio..errr…I think it was a studio BBQ. Mr Newman<\/a> pondered – what about thoughtful<\/em> acts<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

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\nA sign of a restaurant in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico<\/em>, painted backwards so motorists’ passing along on the parallel street would see it in their rear view mirror.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A lost scarf thoughtfully tied to secure it from blowing away in the wind, and up high enough in a tree so that it could be seen from a distance. Toledo, Spain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The inside-the-design-world joke was a curtsey toward Jane Fulton Suri’s Thoughtful Acts<\/a>\"\", a fun little compendium of mostly observations-as-images meant to reflect upon the “thoughtless acts” people do \u2014 “those intuitive ways we adapt, exploit, and react to things in our environment; things we do without really thinking.”<\/p>\n

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\nThoughtless Act? Or Thoughtful Improvisation? Taxi driver arranges his bluetooth ear piece and his phone within reach in San Francisco, California<\/em><\/strong>
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A smart vest, lost late into the boozy night before, more than likely. Picked up and hung on a sort of street baluster to be found, hopefully, by its rightful owner in Madrid, Spain<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thoughtless acts happen as a matter of course, unconscious in some instances, or done without deep consideration. It might be tying the string to a tea bag around the handle of your mug to keep the string and tag from falling into the hot water. Or turning the claw of a hammer into an improvised door jamb. That sort of thing.<\/p>\n

For the fun of it, and to think through curious observations \u2014 what might a thoughtful act be? One that does favor to other people? That shows the heart and humanity of a social microcosm? I dunno. Perhaps something that shows deliberation and ingenuity with a raw sense of simplicity and just-get-it-done-edness.<\/p>\n

Why do I blog this?<\/strong> Observations turned to conclusions and insights. How do you make sense of anonymous acts of generosity and consideration? Or simple indicators that suggest that design is always a conversation with things getting redone with purpose.<\/p>\n

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