"The West is full of Tiggers--restless seekers of instant gratification, larger-than-life overachievers. The West idolizes them because they're Bouncy and Exciting. Maybe even a bit too exciting. And they're becoming more exciting all the time. It seems that it's no longer adequate to be a True Individual, or even a Hero; now one needs to be some sort of Superman, living an overinflated life punctuated (in true Tigger fashion) with exclamation marks. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! This is the age of Supereverything--Superstar, Superathlete, Supercoach, Superpolitician, even Superbusinessman: Faster than a speeding ticket! More powerful than a profit motive! Able to lease tall buildings in a single day!"
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Post 12 - Addicted to Plastic
Documentary about the effects of a culture obsessed with convenience and instructed throw-away habits directed by Canadian filmmaker Ian Connacher.
"The film details plastic's path over the last 100 years and provides a wealth of expert interviews on practical and cutting edge solutions to recycling, toxicity and biodegradability. These solutions will provide viewers with a hopeful perspective about our future with plastic."
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/passionateeyemonday/2009/addictedtoplastic/
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Post 11 - Changed Revisit
activates/reflects the culture of its time and place, BOTH from the perspective of the user
and the designer.
(required: text of approximately 2000 words including clear evidence of research as
necessary and your interpretation of it, citations for quoted material, images as required)
I've decided to change my revist as through the research I have done at this point I am seeing how my chosen artifact in fact reflects the culture and time of its place.
post 10 - "Bohemian Modern: Living in Silver Lake" by Barbara Bestor
A book about life in Silver Lake, Los Angeles California. A collage of wonderfully colorful area that booms with creative people from all walks of Art as Bohemian Modernists.
Post 9 - TED Talks: Human-Centered Design
In 2002, IDEO's David Kelley talks about how Prada, Dilbert and some London museums focus on people and their experience
By knowing who you are designing for, helps to make Design better.
Post 8 - LAUGHOLOGY
A documentary by Albert Nerenberg, trying to find laughter and joy in his life after experiencing some of the least happiest moments of a persons life. He shares his discoveries in this laughable documentary.
trailer:
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Post 7 - Noam Comsky "Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order”
A very interesting find concerning the history of capitalism putting profit over people which I think is necessary to understand when looking how our current culture is supporting itself on corrupt crutches.
Noam Chomsky raises interesting issues that I had never heard of previously and definitely helped in understanding just how important it is to change.