Isabelle.morelObjectDesignBlog

              WARNING - Some mildly disturbing images with bugs and morphed humans, so if that's not your thing please don't continue.     Remix culture allows an individual or group of people to take existing pieces of art and create something new with selected combined ideas. By encouraging this exchange of taking and adding on, I feel as though this consumer producer relationship is able to become more inclusive to unassuming ideas, be exposed to new work processes and perspectives, and generally encourage artists to take more risks with their creations. By embracing remix culture, it seems society itself is advancing far more quicker in technological areas- which will hopefully further advance human development for the better.     For this specific project, I wanted to exaggerate the functional uses of items. I wanted to be able to give these designs a purpose (metaphorically or actual everyday use) while also using surreal elements to grab peoples (In this sense the consum

After watching Gary Hustwit’s documentary, Objectified, I have come to realize the importance of the simplicity and presentation of function within a design. To me, something that has always been pleasing to look at is the typewriter- specifically ones in the 1950’s. I feel as though typewriter designers held a clear image of what they wanted their ‘future’ to look like. This specific model was portable, and was specifically designed to be comfortable where the fingers pressed the keyboard (little indents), as well as displaying a sound that is still mimicked in modern day phones and keyboards. The typewriter was so significant that it continues to be altered and remodelled in modern society in the forms of laptops, phones, and computers.  Objectified had mentioned a key idea that I wanted to address- which is that people are constantly drawn to the ‘new,’ and ‘trendy,’ which ultimately hinders consumers from purchasing products (34:40). Because of this, I believe humans often turn to