An Idea Brewing – Suggestions Welcome

I just want to pull these three links from my delicious account. There’s definitely something here that needs more thought. Chime in with any additional add-ons.

1. dropstuff.org – I think I understand this. There’s a giant mobile hut covered in LEDs on one side that acts as basecamp for all the editing/curating. There are also a bunch of what they call DS_HOTSPOTS, which I think are vending machine-sized physical links to the network. The Dropstuff network integrates five other 2.0 social networks as sources of creativity. You see, they have three layers to what they display: professional, “open stage” and workshops. It all meshes together wonderfully.

2. Armadillo: The FEMA Trailer Project – The MIT Visual Arts students turn one of the FEMA trailers used as temporary housing into a project incorporating design, politics, ecology, art, research and science. If you imagine this as a mobile museum exhibition, it goes far beyond that as simple temporary space. I’m not suggesting it would have to be exactly the same, but seeing this would feel like participating in an ongoing workshop. I don’t know if I’m being clear here, but you can see the difference between this and a cargo container with things hanging on the inside, right?

3. Pop-up Shop – KiosKiosK is a temporary/short-term shop front to sell creative products as part of a regeneration plan.

You see how I think there’s something that can meld these three things together. I was thinking along the lines of pop-up shops acting as stations and front-of-house to mobile museum exhibition workshop trailers that are all linked with a hydra-connected network of social networks and vending machines. Thrown in QR Codes and GPS for fun. If there was a way I could incorporate mini-satellites, I would.

There’s something missing to all this. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I think its lacking one more stolen integrated idea. These three allow for extremely high-end mobility and flexibility as well as a solid foundation where needed. It may seem art-heavy but it really doesn’t need to.

Thoughts?