The Gambling Issue

Gambiarra is a term that has been widely used informally to define any procedure necessary for the constitution or configuration of an improvised artifact. Because it is a phenomenon of material culture gambiarra can be understood as an alternative form of design - this if we consider that the concept of design is not defined by the simple aesthetic issue nor by the so-called stylism but by the act of idealizing or constituting objects; conceiving form function and meaning.The gambiarra issue proposes several questionings and reflections about design and post-use; the value of some material resources available; necessity creativity and solution; identity and culture; sustainability innovation and artifact development. Something far from the commonplace that is usually classified as glamorization of poverty.