2013年9月30日 星期一

批判互動設計作業1/B9934007/張文韋

DO YOU WANT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING NORMAL?
 - Statistical Clock

     Judging by a traditional value of product design, this design is a '‘irresponsible'’ work. Although it calls itself as ''Statistical Clock'', it obviously lacks the affordance of timing, something like the hour hand, minute hand, graduations, etc. The sharp and material of this work only suggest some correlation of devices about the sound. Finding nothing special, people will think this product ''incomprehensible'' rather than ‘’strange’’.

     Its incomprehensible characteristic and output both pose a question, "Do we really know about the everyday products and the technology behind them?"

     Statistical Clock is just a great sample of ''normal incomprehensible things''. As not knowing what sound means and how this works, people could hardly understand the principle of everyday products. However, they consider those ''incomprehensible things'' normal because they are workable in most instances.  


     Car, train and plane are also ''normal incomprehensible things''. They stand for the closest part of the relationship between everyday life and technology. Therefore, the information of fatalities has a huge impact to them and makes them feel betrayed and weak. Without further information of those death, e.g. reasons, places or names, people can only be passively informed the sum of fatalities. The form of information - sound, is also very passive to the listeners. Each part is trying to call the feeling of powerless and ignorance. 

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