The Village Metaphor: How this community is being designed

To offset the inevitably modern and potentially cold atmosphere of digital technologies, we chose a village metaphor to evoke comforting images of close proximity and good conversations. A village provides easy access to facilities and fellow villagers, and promises the opportunity to join a community. We hope the ENT site draws participants into relationships and dialogue developed through reciprocal exchange. The visual image of village makes it easy to find your way around to the several components. Our hopes for the village metaphor were realized when an early visitor to the site, a self-proclaimed Luddhite, said, "I feel at home here."

We invite you to read more about the Village metaphor in the ENT library and to share your thoughts and comments with us via the ENT forums.