kenta kondo is a mechanical engineer by training, designer in practice, and social critic at heart. he lives in an experimental eco-village outside of tokyo where he spends half his time designing and half his time rice-farming. he yearns for alternative ways of being and, however futile, revolts through hands-on prototyping.
myth of syphisus - albert camus
the stranger - albert camus
dispossesed - ursula k. le guin
crime and punishment - fyodor dostoyevsky
moby dick - herman melville
frankenstein; or the modern prometheus - mary shelly
zen and art of motorcycle maintenance - robert m. pirsig
thinking in systems - donella h. meadows
the beauty of everyday things - yanagi soetsu