We use thousands of products EVERYDAY yet it has never occurred to me that there is someone behind each design who has to thoughtfully plan out and think of every consequence that could follow one item. To non-designers everything they… Continue Reading
I really found it interesting when the documentary analyzed the design of the simplest everyday items such as silverware. It once again reminded me of the idea that everything in design has a purpose. Even the most basic items we use… Continue Reading
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been partial to IKEA. Perhaps it was all in the calculated simplicity of the products or maybe it had to do with a fascination in Scandinavian design. In any case, my… Continue Reading
We walk around every day, using doorknobs, using our phone, typing on the computer, using forks and knives, writing with a pen. All these things were designed with a specific purpose in mind and we never really take the time… Continue Reading
As I learn about graphic design this semester, I’m also taking an entrepreneurship class. While watching Objectified, I was amazed by how similarly industrial designers and entrepreneurs think. For instance, both groups of people have to be observant; they constantly… Continue Reading
The amount of times I have picked up a vegetable peeler and thought about its design could be counted on one hand. To any average person, this is a typical tool used in every day life, nothing else special about… Continue Reading
“I want to have things that do not exist”. Yes, we all do right? But what does this entail? And how can we get it? This is a quote from a designed in the documentary, Objectified. This quote probably relates to everyone… Continue Reading
“Every object tells a story if you know how to read it”. This was my biggest takeaway from industrial design themed documentary, Objectified. It is crazy to think that each item, in every aspect of my life, is specifically and… Continue Reading
During the movie one of the designers, Marc Newson, said, “My job is about what’s going to happen, not what’s happened.” For industrial design that makes sense because being the first to introduce a product or material can be a… Continue Reading
My main takeaway from watching Objectified was the idea that “from when you wake up, everything has design.” After hearing this statement, I stopped and considered the extent to which this is true and realized how I take designs for granted.… Continue Reading
The documentary Objectified completely changed the way I look at the world around me. When I look around my room, I see simple objects such as beds, chairs, storage cubbies, etc. However, every single one of those objects was designed… Continue Reading
One of the most striking aspects of designing everyday objects is the idea of unobtrusiveness. Designers are creating things that are simply meant to blend in to people’s everyday lives. This is contrary to the far-held belief that design is… Continue Reading
Before watching the documentary Objectified, I didn’t realize that design comes in so many different forms and functions. I realized design is a part of almost every aspect of life. Design is not so much about appearance but rather it… Continue Reading
I don’t even realize designers, whether industrial, environmental, or graphic, design my entire life. When I begin typing on my Apple laptop, I don’t say out loud “Wow, this laptop sure is ergonomic!”, I just experience a subconscious satisfaction. The… Continue Reading
I didn’t know that design has really played an important role in our daily life before I saw this documentary. I thought that design was just for people who like drawing and designing instead of people like me. however, after… Continue Reading
At first, I was not paying much attention to design, and not interested in design and creativity, as well. However, when I saw the video, I found design is everywhere in our life. A chair, a spoon, and even a… Continue Reading
We go through every day of our lives using objects. It’s an unavoidable truth. Everything we do is related to objects in some way or another; there is simply no denying it. How often is it, though, that we think… Continue Reading
The movie, Objectified, was extremely interesting to me, especially when they started discussing digital cameras. As a photography major, the shape of the camera does impact my life; depending on the size of a camera, it affects how I travel… Continue Reading
“Every object tells a story.” At first when I heard this quote in Objectified, I was skeptical. How does the uncomfortable and wobbly desk chair I am sitting on tell a story? But as the movie went on, I learned… Continue Reading
In GRA 217, there is a huge focus on design inspiration. We spend a lot of time looking at other designs to gain inspiration on our future designs. We look at documentaries on design and really get to see things… Continue Reading
Every object, whether or not it is intentional, says a lot. The presentation of each object sends a message or story. Objects are part of lives and families. Many of them have so much meaning because of the memories created around… Continue Reading
The documentary Objectified provided an interesting perspective for me. I, like most other people, typically don’t think twice about using the products we use every day. A chair is made for people to sit on, a pencil is made for… Continue Reading
I found the movie Objectified very intriguing because of the similarities in different forms of design. Before watching the movie I wouldn’t have seen any similarities between Industrial and Graphic design. However, after watching it is apparent that there are… Continue Reading
Objectified made me understand how involved designers are in society’s future. For example, cars: Future car designs depend on what future generations want role they want their cars to play in their lives. Should cars be a background thought to… Continue Reading
In the objectified, Dieter Rams helps us define what good design is. The last sentence strikes me a lot, which is “good design is as little design as possible”. It indicates that the ultimate level of a good design is… Continue Reading
I don’t think about the chair that I’m sitting on. It’s there, I don’t feel like standing up, and so I sit. Done. I’ve always just assumed that this was the case for everyone, but Objectified has proven me wrong.… Continue Reading
I found the documentary “Objectified” pretty interesting. Every film we have watched this semester has provided me with new perspectives about design and what it means to our society. One of the things that stuck out to me in this… Continue Reading
Objects are all around us, yet there is a lot more to a single object than meets the eye. “Every object was designed.” This is an obvious fact that seems to escape most people when we think of the things… Continue Reading
My main take-away from “Objectified” was a new perspective of the scale of design. It was an interesting reminder than literally everything man-made in our world is designed with intention, from tables to chairs to clothing to toothbrushes to technology… Continue Reading
“Objectified” is an interesting documentary about the design of the everyday inanimate objects that surround us. The film made me think much more deeply about the complex process of industrial design, and how maybe we take the development of these… Continue Reading
Something that really stood out for me watching “Objectified” was the continued emphasis on simplifying every design. Good design is many things, but arguably most importantly “good design is as little design as possible” Simplicity–that is something has been drilled… Continue Reading
Design can save your life – this was one of the many lessons I took from the film Objectified. The film explores the world of industrial design, which is an area of design that I’ve never really thought about. In… Continue Reading
Watching Objectified shed light on the detail that goes in to design. Every day we walk past posters and signs and personally I never had given it much thought besides at most saying to myself “that’s pretty cool”. The amount… Continue Reading
Design is all around us and its form transcends function. From computers to chairs and even simple hand tools, the look and feel of every object is customized to perform beyond its practical use. It doesn’t only look good, its also not disruptive to the… Continue Reading
Objectified brought to life how crucial design is to our society. We depend on design for our everyday necessities and many times we, as people, do not even realize the detail that goes into designing objects. An important point that… Continue Reading
One thing that people may not know when looking at a design is the amount of work and thought that was put into developing that design. Even the most simplest and basic designs have gone through extremely extensive and elaborate… Continue Reading
The documentary Objectified informs us the importance of industrial design. Every object goes through the process of designing, and manufacturing in order to become the final product. As the film states, almost everything is design, and that every object consists a… Continue Reading
Objectified is quite thought provoking. It unveils the world of industrial design, which essentially is the creation of everyday products for functional use. The documentary followed the design processes and made some interesting points about some everyday products you normally… Continue Reading
Something unique about the film Objectified was that, unlike the other films we have watched in class, it gave a perspective of design that reaches beyond the realm of graphic. The main focus of the film is primarily industrial design,… Continue Reading
Objectified in some sense has changed the way I look at all the objects around me. There was a really striking part in the movie when the narrator said something to the effect that the design of an object makes… Continue Reading
The main design lesson I gained from Objectified was that user experience is the most important aspect in designing anything, especially consumer products. Throughout the documentary, industrial designers spoke about products that were created or upgraded to better meet a specific audience’s… Continue Reading
While watching “Objectified,” the first thing that came to my mind was “Unwrapped.” Unwrapped is a television show that displays how different candy/snacks/beverages are made. Of course, my mind automatically went to food. From “Objectified” I drew connections to another… Continue Reading
The documentary “Objectified” offered an extremely interesting look at a faction of the design world that does not typically come to mind when I think of design: industrial and interaction design. This documentary discussed how products are designed and how people… Continue Reading
I thought “Objectified” was a very interesting and eye-opening film. In the beginning of the semester I remember saying I didn’t realize how much design is around us and now I can once again say the same thing. I went… Continue Reading
I thought Objectified provided a really valuable insight into industrial design, which I’ve never really thought about too much. I thought it was interesting when the designers discussed functionality and how they design for the people at the extremes. For… Continue Reading
The movie Objectified not only echoes Helvetica, but it also reinforces the ideas and principles we’ve been hearing about all semester. All design is about user experience, but industrial design may in fact be more intimate. There are certain objects that we use… Continue Reading
Objectified reminds you that every product made and designed had a lengthy process behind its making. Sometimes the way an item is designed can change the way you use it, compared to an item with a same purpose. Other times,… Continue Reading
I thought the documentary watched in class last thursday was very interesting. I never actually just took a second to think about how some of the most used objects throughout our society have been designed. I even thought it was… Continue Reading
I had a different response to this movie than some other people, I believe. Since I always have been passionate about graphic design and most likely will follow a path in graphic design, I have always known that every detail… Continue Reading
It was cool to listen to all of the things designers had to say about different things they’ve designed. But what really stuck out to me about Objectified was the fact that literally everything we use was designed by someone.… Continue Reading
One of my favorite parts of the film Objectified was when one of the designers mentioned that cars have faces. This struck me because I’ve always thought the front of a car looks like a face, too. Each make has… Continue Reading
Looking back on all of the films we have watched in this graphics course, this hands down is my favorite because I thought it was very interesting. Numerous powerful statements were made throughout the video but the most memorable one… Continue Reading
The documentary, Objectified, made me really think about the different objects I use everyday and the way they are designed. The designers talked so much in detail about they really think about how the design of the object can fit the purpose… Continue Reading
Being the big Apple fan that I am, I just loved the parts of Objectified that involved Apple designer, Jonathan Ive. There are some individuals who criticize large corporations that squander resources. However, Apple proves those critics wrong. Ive spoke of… Continue Reading
Although about industrial design, this movie continued the theme from Helvetica and the Glaser movie about everything having been designed at some point: every little thing was thought of and sketched and created purposefully. At this point in the semester,… Continue Reading