Industrial design is everywhere, everything.
The
graphic designer Paul Rand once said that ‘everything is design. Everything!’
What
he meant by this was that every object that a person comes into contact with
has some sort of design process behind it. At one stage all objects were just
an idea that someone had, a problem that was in need of a solution or a product
that had the ability to be advanced. From this original idea an industrial designer
has followed a process to create products with enhanced form, aesthetics,
usability and/or ergonomics; products that we often take for granted. When
living our day-to-day lives it can be easy to overlook this concept, overlook
the fact that everything once started out as just being an idea. Take and alarm
clock or a remote, when using these objects we do not think about the design
process behind them, we only see it for what we gain from it. An alarm clock is
to wake us up; a remote is to turn on the television.
This
concept of seeing products for the design behind them is what I believe needs
to be highlighted, in order to get people to appreciate the products that they
use everyday without a second thought. My stop motion will show everyday
products such as a bench, rubbish bin, water fountain and the wind wand and
turn them into sketched forms to represent the design process behind them. This
will encourage viewers to look at objects through the eyes of an industrial
designer and appreciate the thought process behind them. In doing this they
will be gaining ‘a new way of seeing.’
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