Comment to my post, My MA-project (Take one):
“Do you think it is materials that could fulfill your goal? Or is the “answer” to your search just products that last forever because of its form/shape?
As you are saying; relationship, is probably the key factor here.
Comment by chriange September 28, 2008 @ 8:11 pm“
- To influence the relationship between the consumer and the product is my main objective. It will therefore be relevant to focus on the use of materials to make it attractive over time. This goes for the shape as well, but delivering the message and promoting the lifestyle which results in this “healthy relationship” is, in my case, just as important as the product itself.
The goal is to make people see the value of “quality living” versus “quantity living”, and then create the products that fit in with this lifestyle. Shapes, use of materials and function are all parameters of design which influences the way we appreciate our things, and I will therefore try to use these as tools to reach my goal.
So, my project may be nostalgic in the way that we probably had a healthier relationship in the fifties, but that’s where it ends. I’d like to develop a similar feeling of value to a style that fit the 21. century.
-Øyvind