From hard-shelled portable computers to a fully-usable typeface created from photos taken while walking in the woods, the work of Katarina ‘Kash’ Lingat is proof that technology and ‘the outdoors’ can work together in something bordering on harmony.
Merging old-school craft with modern tools, she combines a ‘90s open-source mindset with the DIY attitude of the Whole Earth Catalog to make clever solutions to the problems around her—whether she’s 3D printing a long-range messaging device or collecting scrap wood for a long-reach apple grabber.
At a time when planned obsolescence looms large and the strangle-hold of Big Tech™ seems firmer than ever, her home-brewed creations show that with a bit of trial and error, you can actually make pretty much whatever you want.
In this in-depth interview we talked about outdoor computing, log-cabin creation and the joy of failure…
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