One day. It’s been one day since this blog has launched and I am already obsessing over my statistics page. I want I need to see who is visiting my site, from where, and when. It’s only natural; after all, the majority of my role is being an interactive designer/director. Seeing people interact with things I create (or not create) is something I enjoy seeing.
While checking my statistics, one thing caught my eyes. People seemed to like a graphic I once created and plublished mentioning my interest for product design. It looked like this:
I’ve always had a fondness for product and industrial design and I felt a great way to communicate this interest was by providing imagery that quickly explains what I like most about product and industrial design.
I like the idea that an objects use is best explained when put into context.
Let me explain with a quick story this imagery resurfaced… Someone, who remains unknown to me, broke into my studio and stole my HD flat panel television that I bought two weeks earlier. An observation I made that day was the person who broke in used a screwdriver (in the manner of an ax) to wedge the door open. It was nice to know that the key I’ve been using to open the door for years was merely a thing I had trouble finding in my pockets every morning. A screwdriver would suffice, obviously.
You know, this isn’t the fist time this has happened to me. Not the whole breaking down doors to get TV’s, but getting things stolen from me in general. Now that I sit here and think about it, I used to own a Samsung HDTV, iPod Nano (1st Generation), iPod Nano (3rd Generation), iPod (3rd Generation), a car stereo, HDMI cable, an Apple Display power adapter, and CD’s, that were stolen.. right from under my nose. Additionally, I am quite positive that list isn’t complete. What’s even more surprising is the fact that most of these things were stolen at different times. Am I doing something to provoke these criminal acts? Maybe so, but it’s doubtful. Needless to say, the doors have fancy locks, surveillance was put in place, and the car is locked with fancy goods removed.
In any event, my interest in product and industrial design from a beautification and conceptual standpoint still remains. Surely, many of the things we use today can be improved in one way or another.
