11th Hour [Task 3HREE] 1:28 PM

“Key for our survival…..only animal on the planet that actually was able to recognize we could affect the future with what we could do today. We look ahead, recognize where the opportunities are, where the dangers lay and choose accordingly to survive. Key for our species.”

So basically, after an hour of knowing the wolrds dying, and that in effect, we will die with it through the constant reminder of global warming and other issues such as resource depletion and pollution. The last thirty minutes gave me insight on ways humans as a whole can improve their ways to stop these dangers that seem like the “Gods revenge on us”. Seriously why are we living like this, do we not fear extinction?

“Key for our survival…..only animal on the planet that actually was able to recognize we could affect the future with what we could do today. We look ahead, recognize where the opportunities are, where the dangers lay and choose accordingly to survive. Key for our species.”

As a designer, I fear that I may contribute to this disaster aiding designs for the mass consumption, even though I make it moderately sustainable or eco friendly, businesses in the end want cash, and they’ll go through the cheapest way to manufacture, which may be the worst for the environment just to get that cash they want.

“We do have technology, how can we use our understanding of science, along with our understanding of culture and how it changes, and create a culture that can exist with science and technology with nature.”

Even if every designer does design for the good of the planet, will the rest of the population care? Will they? Fffffffffffffffffffffffffff- I don’t know. The documentary raises awareness and points onto help. One part claims if people were to all use solar power, reduce waste etc. 10% of our effect on the planet will reduce. Is that good enough? I did ponder over the idea about designing buildings like a tree, a city like a forest. That was an idea by one man, however will people actually want it….

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oNE hOUR To wATCH this videO. Firstly, I thought, Double-U-Tee_eff, waste of time. Haha daaaaaaam was I wrong. At the end, I was heavily inspired, felt so keen to pick up a pen and start designing (*cough* studio work). “A central goal in design is to create an appropriate environment where people feel good”. Society, consumers buy to feel good in many different ways. They buy to make their life easier. They buy to increase their self esteem. They buy to get the latest product out there. So designers have to design to fulfill these kinds of needs. However, there is more to it than that I reckon. I believe design is much more than just designing to make things in life easier. When I’m out there in the field, I want to do so much more, I want to change the world, not simply design for a company to get a quick buck so that someone out there can just buy an object that’ll last what probably one or so years and then just replace it. This is also considered in the video that “focusing on what’s now or very next is that it’s not very forever”.


The video provided a variety of designers giving their input on their own idea of what design is and how it relates to the people their designing for. Which got me thinking, asking questions like why I like design, what interests me about it, what I’m really designing for or how can I impact the world. It also widened my views as a designer that I’m designing objects that will be used in society, a lot of thoughts come to mind. Do I design to give a specific reaction or leave it to the consumer to decide. “Our real audience is ourselves”. Consumers buy objects that means a lot to them, which I highly agree on. So if I can design to draw the consumer due to the meaning I can portray. Then maybe my relationship in society will be sweet.