On the south side of Istanbul it is possible to play this interesting game. You pay a small Lira amount for the opportunity to fire a pellet gun at a string of balloons set up in front of the water. The swimmers in the background? Don’t worry, they don’t seem to mind the experience, better… they really think it’s fun to try avoid being hit, so both sides are happy to play!

Friends who know the history of the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea will find this item of interest. In an antique market in the ancient center of Ankara, Turkey, Francesca discovered this early text editor. A very old and dusty, but still functional… Olivetti typewriter!

This is the best design we’ve ever experienced! The Dolmus, a small bus running in Ankara and other cities in Turkey. The driver goes wildly, the seats are not enough for everybody, when hitting bumps or holes in the street you risk to be ejected outside, but the human cooperation, trust and feeling you have is uncomparable! Everything happens really fast: you enter and seat, when do you pay the bus ticket? Just send your money and the name of the stop you want to reach, letting it pass from hand to hand, to the driver, after a couple of speedy turns and bumps, the change will come back the same way and everybody knows that your raid is paid! This is magnificient! Will you ever try to do it in New York or Rome? No, but here you really see how humans like to help each other, how is more fun to send money back and forth trying not to spill them outside the window, and you see that playful interactions really work. The only problem? We probably mispelled a couple of times other people destination…