The lights : pushing buttons & boundaries.

In this dissertation, it is argued that designing for the complex nature of human beings, with all their irrational and often contradictory emotions is necessary in order to draw attention to issues that mass production typically ignores. Living in a complex world where technology plays an integral...

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Main Author: Lim, Kenneth Jian Wen.
Other Authors: Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48923
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-489232019-12-10T10:54:43Z The lights : pushing buttons & boundaries. Lim, Kenneth Jian Wen. Michael Thaddeus Tan Koon Boon School of Art, Design and Media DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Visual arts DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design::Industry DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Design::Product In this dissertation, it is argued that designing for the complex nature of human beings, with all their irrational and often contradictory emotions is necessary in order to draw attention to issues that mass production typically ignores. Living in a complex world where technology plays an integral role in everyday life, the human desire and demand for control, convenience and instant gratification has intensified. With research and investigation across theories and frameworks such as critical design, systems of interaction, emotional design, new forms of human behaviour patterns and interactions are implemented to shape and formulate the design and development of a series of interactive objects. With these, the project aims to subvert known expectations of the relation between push button, light bulb and user as a means to engage people to reflect on the way they interact with others, technology and culture; to be mindful of one’s action and consequence of action. While doing so, the project speculates and proposes technological futures that demand for an accentuated consciousness in people as they interact with products in everyday life. Bachelor of Fine Arts 2012-05-11T01:13:49Z 2012-05-11T01:13:49Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48923 en Nanyang Technological University 35 p. application/pdf
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Lim, Kenneth Jian Wen.
The lights : pushing buttons & boundaries.
description In this dissertation, it is argued that designing for the complex nature of human beings, with all their irrational and often contradictory emotions is necessary in order to draw attention to issues that mass production typically ignores. Living in a complex world where technology plays an integral role in everyday life, the human desire and demand for control, convenience and instant gratification has intensified. With research and investigation across theories and frameworks such as critical design, systems of interaction, emotional design, new forms of human behaviour patterns and interactions are implemented to shape and formulate the design and development of a series of interactive objects. With these, the project aims to subvert known expectations of the relation between push button, light bulb and user as a means to engage people to reflect on the way they interact with others, technology and culture; to be mindful of one’s action and consequence of action. While doing so, the project speculates and proposes technological futures that demand for an accentuated consciousness in people as they interact with products in everyday life.
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