Objectified Reflection

OBJECTIFIED

“From the moment they wake up, almost everything that fills their world has been designed”

Society often takes product and their designer for granted, especially everyday product that we use and see throughout our everyday life, the example that was given in the vid was the posted note. We know is there but we don’t appreciate how much time and effort taken to design it.

Also these products that we took for granted all tells a different story from the designers background and the products culture, “Every object tells a story” the video shows us how a simple product such as a toothpick can contain so many tradition and cultural background of the product or its designer.

This video remind us as a society how important these everyday product in influencing and shaping our lifestyle “every object, intentional or not, speak for who put it there”. We as human surround our self with objects that reflects our lifestyle and our personal life to society, most products we buy or use has become an accessories to be used in our life to match our style of living. For example Mobile phone was first design to communicate with one of another, however today phones or any other products are designed to reflect an idea or “emotional energy” (Chris Dangle).

Rob Walker “Good design is something that Distinguish you” Today we use design to distinguish our self from society we use products to differentiate our self from people that we surround us. They give us uniqueness and the feeling of individuality which differentiate ourselves from others.

(Dieter Rams) “Good design should always be innovative, useful, understandable, honest, consistent in detail, Long lived and environmentally friendly”. The video has made me realise the importance of design sustainability in the design process of any product today, as we learn from the Myeco footprint quiz we took last week that the earth is suffering at the hands of society.

“ most of what you design will end up in the landfill” ( Tim Barn )As a designer we must shift our focus from the “ Cradle to Cradle concept” to “ Cradle to Grave concept” as our earth reach its peak designers must focus their design from the manufacturing process to its disposable. As the future of designers we as a student now must understand the importance of using environmentally friendly materials, recyclable material, non toxic etc in order to help our struggling earth back to its feet while maintaining a constant supply of product to meet society needs and wants.