Objectified

Objectified was a movie all about design (like our class). It included people who redesign things to make them more comfortable and functional. Then they send the redesigned product back out into the world to see if what they did will work. Sometimes it does, and sometimes it does not. People hardly ever see when an object has been redesigned. We become so use to something that it is just part of the routine in life. An object becomes "just there." And that is part of the job. Secretly changing an object for the better and having the consumer not notice is a good thing. Any product can be redesigned. Nothing is ever perfectly done. Design is about the future. We want to keep it going. You need only look back when you need to know what did not work. Never look back for something that did work because it has already been done. People want the new and the now. You will design something only to have someone else come along and redesign it. And as designers, we need to accept this fact. Try not to stray from the ten principals of design. They are what make a good designer. Every designer will have designs that will not work. It is better to have 10 designs that do not work than to have no idea. Make the design meaningful. Make the design count.