3c | Installation

My definition

-“An installation plan for all the work from this course”
Can show all the works of all the classmates. (Approx. 10people )

How to show?
Prints.

-“Add additional meanings”

The additional meanings are for me not for the viewers.

The meanings can be everything such as emotions, thoughts…etc.

I prefer—> Viewers’ Feedbacks

How to add?
Sticky notes.

Because I want to leave the installation in the classroom without anyone explains the installation in person and we only need to collect feedbacks (additional meanings) in the end of the display.

And I also prefer feedbacks that can be kept as a souvenir.

 

3a| Natural System – optical system

Oneself / Systems (+ Synthesis)
-Consideration: Experiential
-Form Factor: Interface
-Identify a natural system.
-Collect research in any manner regarding the means by which humans interface with this system.
-Make associative notes (IF THEN construction; see course blog) regarding, “experience”. -Create an experiential interface to your research.

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Visual (Optical) System

The visual system is a part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see. It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system has the complex task of constructing a three-dimensional world from a two-dimensional projection of that world. The psychological manifestation of visual information is known as visual perception.

The visual system includes the eyes, the connecting pathways through to the visual cortex and other parts of the brain.

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If see, then be deceived.
If see, then believe.

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 Interface
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-Visual > other senses
-“To see is to believe.”
– blind spot

3b | Artificial System – capitalist system

-Consideration: Experiential
-Identify an artificial system.
-Make associative notes (IF (chosen system), THEN ______)
-Create an experiential interface between humans and the artificial system

 

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Capitalist System/ Capitalism

Definition:
Capitalism is an economic system based on ownership of the factors of production. In it the government plays a secondary role. People and companies make most of the decisions and own most of the property. Goods are usually made by companies and sold for profit. The means of production are largely/ entirely privately owned by individuals/companies and operated for profit.

In capitalism, people may sell/ lend their property, and other people may buy/ borrow it. If one person wants to buy, and another person wants to sell to them, they do not need to get permission from a higher power. People can have a market (buying and selling with each other) without anyone else telling them to. The free market or the supply and demand determines the production and pricing of goods and services.

People who own capital are sometimes called capitalists and people who support capitalism are called capitalists, too. They can hire anyone who wants to work in their factories, shops or lands for them for the pay they offer. Capitalists can also mean someone who invests.

In capitalist systems, many people are workers. They are employed to earn money for living. People can choose to work for anyone who will hire them in a free market.

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If Capitalism, then private means of production.
If Capitalism, then free market.
If Capitalism, then the competition.
If Capitalism, then more profit.
If Capitalism, then entrepreneur.
If Capitalism, then employment.
If Capitalism, then exploitation.
If Capitalism, then globalization.
If Capitalism, then overproduction.
If Capitalism, then commercialization.
If Capitalism, then the uneven distribution of wealth.
If Capitalism, then U.S.

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Interface: Tom

In a simple logic, we students basically all give money (profit) to our professor in order to gain knowledge/ credits and the decision is based on our own. The professor owns means of production (knowledge/ credits) and he also pays for his Macbook that works industriously for him. The purpose of lecturing of the professor is to make a profit for his living. So when professor lectures in the classroom, he demonstrates capitalism.

2a | Sentient Living Thing

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The biggest difference between animal and human is that animals follow their instinct hugely but human is not.

ex: Cat’s mind: Arthur -> Good smell -> food
Arther -> food

Human thinks and actions instinctively and rationally at the same time.

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But to some degree, I think whether a person thinks more instinctively or not is highly depends on his/hers background, education, and experiences. And it is super complicated.

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Perfect and well-done pictures are not attractive to people anymore. People are used to them.
Use raw material!

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Wow the idea is fresh.  Actually, when I was doing my undergraduate graduation project, I have found the beauty of image wasn’t that much matter so I didn’t put a lot of effort on making perfect images. The outcome of the project was really good, but personal speaking, the images were not that attractive to me comparing with my previous works so I actually didn’t like it so much in spite of its success.

I also think the liking of fine pictures or not also depends on different audiences and thus the idea is not a universal rule.

Meanwhile, I guess only 1% of people of the world are the loyal followers of beautiful imagery and the rest 99% are not. So maybe the idea is exactly true.

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1c | Design Fiction

“Design Fiction is not about telling a good story, is about demonstrate design thoughts in created scenario.”

I forgot what the exact sentence said but the main point was like it. The idea caught my eyes because I originally thought writing design fiction is like writing normal fiction. And to some degree, I am talented at writing fictions (in Chinese of course). Nevertheless, according to the sentence, the core of design fiction isn’t same as fiction.

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I picked Shaun because we both come from Taiwan and it was easier for  me to talk with her and understand her by using the same language and social media. (btw, the differences between Taiwan Traditional Chinese and China simplified Chinese is like the differences between British English and American English) I also guess she is a person who seldom turns down others requests and thus is easy to cooperate with.

I originally thought she may have some hidden unique quality because she was low-key. According to my low-key friends, they all have some hidden and strong qualities such as they are super smart or are very talented at doing something.

After chatting with her via FB, I found she was really nice, patient and had a little special habit that she didn’t like neither good and bad smell. She liked no smell and it became the starting point of the project.

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Shaun had a vase of fake flower in her bedroom.
Although as a Taiwanese, she implicitly knew that fake flower was not a good decoration in traditional Chinese custom. She liked attractive and pretty things so she placed these fake flower in her room and that was also the reason she has studied design for five years.
Nonetheless, she didn’t like attractive and fine fragrance. She didn’t like her washed clothes smell so good. She liked her washed clothes smelled like nothing.
No doubt, she was the enemy of perfumers and perfume sellers.

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I chose a ready-made and told a fake story about this item and the owner of the item. Though I knew the ideal medium of this assignment may be sound, I still wanted to choose some different medium.
Choosing ready-made was really time and money saving to me and was also fit to the frames of assignment. Besides, in the consumer society, buying and owning one certain thing showed a lot of complex information of a person and thus I believed it was a proper medium.
If I used sounds, then I was exploring the explicit instinct of human. On the other hand, if I used ready-made bought from stores, then I was exploring how a society and a culture imposed certain beliefs on a person consciously and unconsciously.

1a + 1b | Oneself Data

 

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At the beginning of the first and second week, I didn’t understand and was extremely confusing about what were the assignments’ and professor’s intention and thus I just followed the descriptions of the assignments and created two infographics to show the information I collected.

The social medias I chose were mostly related to my design work or daily life.

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Noooooo infographic.
Narrative -> Story
Tell stories. Tell a strong story statement.

It was surprising  for me to not to make infographics but to say a story instead  because in my previous experience in design education and cooperating with a design startup company, there was infographic EVERYWHERE in the recent years.

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However, after reading Medium is the Message and The Age of Earthquake, I thought the form of “story” was the result of linear thinking which caused by print and television technology. Thus, the liking and attraction of  “story” are going to disappear  in the new world which people no longer absorb information and think linearly.

But then I recalled that before alphabet systems were invented, stories and myth existed and were passed by merely telling from one person to others instead of writing down those stories.

So, I guess stories will keep attracting people in the future until people are no longer interested in other people’s fate.

2b | Non-sentient living thing

Youtube – “I Think I Like To Spend Money”

First Version:

“I Think I Like to Spend Money”

Money
Money
Money
Bagel, yogurt, and coffee
Spend
Spend
Spend
Nutrition, energy, and consciousness

Money
Money
Money
Coat, scarf, and shoes
Spend
Spend
Spend
Warmness, beauty, and comfort

Money
Money
Money
Metro, Path and bus ticket
Spend
Spend
Spend
Speed, convenience, and cleanness

Money
Money
Spend
Spend
Give and then consume
Devote and then satisfied

Money
Money
Spend
Spend
Earn and then buy
Work and then relax

Money
Money
Spend
Spend
Suffered and then fulfilled
Die and then revive

So
I think I like to spend money

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Second Version modified by Lu

“I Think I Like to Spend Money”

Money Money Money

Bagel, yogurt, and coffee

Spend Spend Spend

Energy, nutrition, and soberness

Money Money Money

Coat, scarf, and shoes

Spend Spend Spend

Warmth, beauty, and coziness

Money Money Money

Metro, Path, and bus

Spend Spend Spend

Speed, convenience, and neatness

Money Money

Spend Spend

Give then consume

Devote then satisfied

Money Money

Spend Spend

Earn then buy

Work then relax

Money Money

Spend Spend

Suffered then fulfilled

Die then revive

So

I think I like to spend money

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Repetition still works!

But I also think it is an old and normal technique.

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Although money is not the non-sentient living thing actually, money does grow (hopefully).

 

 Structures of Poetry

Ideas

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Diagrammatic narrative means Infographic?