Serendib Travel

Cooper-Hewitt Museum — if you were forced to flee your home with only your smartphone, here’s an app that will help you find the resources you’ll need to survive as a refugee.

Last day at my parents’ house; we fly home this evening. I woke up early, but have stayed in bed reading — started Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar‘s _This is How You Lose the Time War_, which is delightful; I can see why it won awards. I’m about halfway through now, so no spoilers, please.

DMZ post-war tourism guide, Cooper-Hewitt.

Stone Garden — theoretical post-war Beirut urban design. Cooper-Hewitt exhibit.

Library without Borders — portable libraries / schools for refugees and others in need. Love this idea. Learn more here: https://www.librarieswithoutborders.org/

Mapping peace, instead of conflict. Cooper-Hewitt.

The current third floor exhibits at Cooper-Hewitt are centered on how design can make an impact on war, and peace, and violence, etc. This one, for example, is an app that lets women in Egypt track street harassment incidents in real time.

I was at the Oak Park protest. Cooper-Hewitt.

Anand got into the design act too. Cooper-Hewitt. Oh, and youth under 18 can visit for free.

The kids loved designing wallpaper and throwing it up on the wall. But boy, we would’ve loved an ‘erase’ tool, instead of just ‘undo’. (Designs below by Kavi, Kavi, and me.) Cooper-Hewitt.