deprivation is a way of life?

IDEO: thoughtless acts? http://books.google.com/books?id=r8gIHFia3iYC

Unuseless Japanese inventions http://thenonist.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/chindogu/ http://www.designboom.com/history/useless.html

Homemade - contemporary Russain fork artifacts http://context.themoscowtimes.com/print.php?aid=172460 http://www.folkforms.ru http://www.amazon.com/Home-Made-Contemporary-Russian-Folk-Artifacts/dp/0955006139
Cuba: anonymous popular creations http://www.designboom.com/snapshots/santetienne/reinvente.html