Flashback. Remember when your mom made dinner and it was something gross? And you were all, “I don’t like tuna casserole.” And she was all, “Tough bananas. If you don’t like it, how ’bout YOU cook dinner?”
This line of logic is frustrating to young children but imminently satisfying to older ones. After all, we don’t exactly have the skills to fend for ourselves at a young age. But once you grow up and figure out how to make your way, doing things yourself is often the best way to get them done right.
Bon Bon Kakku takes the concept and turns it into a community. The site encourages visitors to design their own fabrics for viewers to see and vote for. If the fabric is popular enough, it will be manufactured and sold on the website.
The cherry on the sundae is that the available designs are really good. It’s enough to reinvigorate your belief in the merits of crowdsourcing. And in the case that you’re not super keen on any of the designs, you can always submit your own. “If you have never found nice fabrics to buy,” the website asks, “why don’t you design them yourself?”
Well, why not?
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