Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Objectified.

In the film, Objectified, by Gary Hustwit, shows the relationship between objects and ourselves, and the people that designed them. It gave me inspiration to look at design and how the design process is done in a completely different perspective. Designers need to create things that benefit the world and the people in it. What's the point in making something that will only cause devastation.

Design is simple like cutting a bonsai tree. Not that trimming a bonsai tree is simple work, but the design of a bonsai tree should be simple. Design is best at simplicity.
Instead of looking into the past designs, we should look into the future of design. Reinventing the old to fit the new. How can designers design something that will benefit people now? Designers need to think about society and how their products can be put into good use.

"Everything in our world was designed for something" [quote from documentary], like a coffee mug or a pair of scissors. We never think about how's it made or think about those who thought to make it. Who said a coffee mug should hold coffee? But whatever the answer, we know that it was made to help us one way or another.

Credits: Nick Montreal

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