Sunday, October 31, 2010

Interaction of Content & Form in OBJECTIFIED


On Friday, the movie, "Objectified" was shown in Design 001. Although we didn't get to finish the movie, this movie is simply mind blowing from the concepts that are shared in the movie to the different designs that are emphasized. Main topics that were shown in the movie include the focus in content and form within every day designs. There is a instant connection between content and form in the beginning with the example of the toothpick.Seeing the toothpick, I was confused as to why a toothpick was being analyzed and why would this be important. The content was the story behind the toothpick: Japan has toothpicks with special top tips in which the tip can be broken from the toothpick, indicating that the toothpick has been used and the tip can serve as a rest for the toothpick (picture shown) The toothpick, being the form of the content, is shown to be an everyday essential but no one seems to pay attention to its design. A toothpick is designed to help people with food in their teeth but no one really takes the time to see the real design of a simple toothpick. A toothpick's design is the following: a piece of wood, sometimes bamboo, sculpted to be short and thin with pointy tips to meet the necessity of people when picking their teeth. The simple design is very attractive to consumers for many reasons, such as the simplicity of the product.
Content and form are connected in design, shown in "Objectified", being that they have a story to share with the people that consume the product or design. Henry Ford once stated, "Every object tells a story, if you know how to read it.", and I believe strongly with this quote because if one does not know the story or content of one design or form then there is not story to tell.


dG

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