CCDN 271 Draft

The purpose of this paper is to explore the functionality of everyday objects, the further use that should be available and the sociological effects that come into play against consumers because of this. The paper will also explore the everyday functionality of an object covering over the design and aesthetic within material culture, the consumer of the object and how the object becomes waste when the consumer deems the object useless to them. While covering the pros and cons that methods of reducing waste have and how waste affects society as a whole. Also covering what can be done to preserve the world through recycling discussing both short and long term solutions.

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Material culture and the relations it has with technological society and the effect it plays against everyday design. This is explored further by Paul Caffrey, Material Culture and the Object,(Circa, No. 103 (Spring, 2003), p. 28), Everyday are not regarded as being worth kept, but if we were able to redesign this we would be able to better society by recycling these objects. Objects after time are usual no longer regarded as being beautiful or are seen as being obsolete. The more society becomes conscious of what is in and what isn’t the higher amount of waste is produced. We need to change this creating more functions that appeal to the consumer without destroying the fragile ideal of something newer and better.

Using the emotional connection between the user and the everyday objects can allow for a want of further use and function. Peter-PaulVerbeek, reviewed by David M. Kaplan “What Things Still Don't Do”, (Vol. 32, No. 2 (Jun., 2009), pp. 233-234), discusses the idea of allowing humans to gain attachment with their everyday items, therefore reducing waste. This is able to be done by designing ‘“engaging products” which involve humans in their functionings,’ this is not only by aesthetic and ecological significance, but he looks into the idea of moral involvement. This shows the sociological understanding between the consumer and the designer.

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Is there a relationship between capitalist society and their function? In “Massive Change: The Future of Global Design” it discussed the idea of having a more Capitalist slant within society and this allows it to further promote the paradigm that would allow the creation of infinitely reusable products making such things as landfills a thing of the past. Both of my sources agree with a more capitalist society within the consumer and emphasize my argument of further function. This shows the concept of moral values within sociological views on how society can change or could be better off.

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What effects does the relationship between the sociological view on design aesthetics and craft production play against functionality? Within the text “Design, Poverty, and Sustainable Development”, by Angharad Thomas, (Design Issues, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Autumn, 2006), pp. 54-65), It looks at how craft production is a critical link to industrialized manufacturing. It argues that it is a sustainable means of production take a higher role therefore increasing waste as these items are usually non-essential items such as ornamental or that are easily dispensable. They only look at what will sell and not how it will affect the environment and the sociological moral output, i.e. “To be able to compete, a good design input? Ensuring that goods are produced in colors that will sell, or of appropriate sizes? Is very important.”

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What would happen if society were to use biodegradable products over non-degradable material and the effects that it would play within society? Tsjalling Swierstra and Jaap Jelsma, Science, (Technology, & Human Values, Vol. 31, No. 3, Ethics and Engineering Design(May, 2006), pp. 309-332), looks at the using biodegradable materials reducing the amount of waste produced and the remainder that is unable to be processed could be used as biomass. According to authors this is only possible in a world where we have the exhaustion of materials, prices of these biodegradable synthetics has fallen to scale of production, this allows it to alleviate the processing of organic waste. This would allow society to have a better bond between the sociological and the everyday items that we use have a better use.

Can craft be used to help alleviate the amount of waste produced by the consumer by creating further function within art or decoration? Beyond the Egg Carton Alligator: To Recycle Is to Recall and Restore, Kristin G. Congdon, (Art Education, Vol. 53, No. 6, Enlarging the Frame (Nov., 2000), pp. 6-12), explains the idea of using recycling and craft changing everyday objects that have fulfilled their functions, by creating new ones being either within use or art, but because of sociological views this is not done on a larger scale because the need for aesthetic. Though this text argues that we can teach the consumer to enjoy creating something from leftover from our used materials. This can be done by changing the view of the consumer on aesthetic and the relationship between being handmade allowing the consumer the choice of it function.

Conclusion:

CCDN 271 Assig 1

Design and the Domestication of ICTs: Technical Change and Everyday Life.

I found that they discussed the idea and influence of everyday things and its effect within design. Though there is the increasing evidence in the technological innovation in engineering in both new and old technologies of aesthetics in material functions.

Explaining the process of analyzing the particular characteristics of the use and focusing on the interrelationship of design and domestication and what role they play.

Exploring the idea of the design within a standpoint or the political and cultural state of society and the effect it has on the consumer. Influences in advertisement that play on the fact of the essential parts for different objects within their design and how the effect the majority of the consumer. Thus they discussing many ideas within the topic of everyday design showing the many spectrums that it holds; giving a detailed standpoint to its idea.

 

 R. and Mansell, R (1996) (eds) Communication by Design. The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies, Oxford University Press, Oxford

Return to the tradition: DIY Design.

This Article explains the understanding that DIY design is the role of handmade design compared to the more convenient mass manufactured products that lines the shelves.

It analyzes the characteristics of DIY and the individualities that it holds for the maker such, personality, uniqueness and manual traces.

It continues on to discuss the idea of the disappearance of Handmade craft within society, and the ever rising popularity of DIY design. It tries to work out the possibility of combining both Handmade craft and DIY i.e. simplification, modernization, education and industrialism. By trying to capitalize on this and rake in the riches of this profit by the combination of both for a broader space for its change.

Dept. of Art, Huangshi Inst. Of Technol,26-29 Nov.2009, Return to the tradition: DIY Design, Huanshi, China. Pg. 1774 – 1777.

Critical Design: Agroindustral Project Analysis.

This book looks into the critical design within the development of countries and how they are affected by the agroindustral projects in the more industrialized environments.

It begins to expand on the components of agroindustral activity through the method of explaining of the raw materials, processing and marketing.

It begins to expand later on within chapter 3 about Critical design ideas with the operating characteristics of food processing tech. Looking over the various necessities that are required within this field and their effects on the surrounding area.

This book sums up many ideas of critical thinking within design and how to associate them with key ideas and what is required within the field.

James E. Austin, 1992,EDI Series in Economic Development. Second Edition. Agroindustral project analysis, USA, Washington.

 

Privacy in Video Surveilance:

This article explains what privacy we really do have both through the internet and that of video footage. As stated that giving up privacy for the sake of easy searching and greater security as it does not “ require a loss of privacy” to do so. Even though there are many technologies that are created in this ploy to protect us.

It explains that practically everything we use in our daily lives have some relation to keeping tabs on us. As the age of technology continues so too does the surveillance kept on and ever increasing. There are some things that were unaware of such as “As an alternative to transmitting video, smart cameras can produce two separate data streams: a metadata stream describing, for instance, trajectories of people or vehicles (behavioral data) and a stream of images capturing the identity.”

Andrea Cavallaro, march 2007, IEEE Signal processing magazine, Queen mary University of London , United kingdom.

 

 

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