good design and bad design lecture 29th October 2010

In February 2003 The Darfur Conflict started, in the same month Paris Hilton was caught in sex tape scandal which was publicized massively in the news; more so than Darfur. A shocking design by Nadia Piesner was brought out illustrating these demoralising ideals. The African, naked boy holding a chiwawa and a Louis Vuitton bag printed on t-shirts, is an uncomfortable image to look at. For this she was sued by Marc Jacobs. I think this is a very good design because Art and Design should be made to make a statement and awareness. Create a wave and show the disappointing fact that people care more about Paris' sex life than the hideous conditions people live in all around the world in different countries. On the other this is not a dig at Louis Vuitton, I would love a designer handbag. This t-shirt does not do nothing, it is not stuck on a gallery wall, it is in the streets for everyone to see not just those who want to see art. Its makes people think and react, which is the only way change will happen for the better. 

the unsticky cigarette.

 

References (Harvard Method)

RICHARD KLUGER, Ashes to Ashes: America's hundred-year cigarette war, the public health and the unabashed triumph of Philip Morris, Random House Publishing (1999), Vintage Books (1997), 811 pages hardback and paper back. 

DONALD RUBINSTEIN (1995), Love and Suffering: Adolescent Socialization and Suicide in Micronesia, The Contemporary Pacific, Vol. 7, 1995, 1989 to present, University of Hawaii Press (USA), Editor: Terence Wesley - Smith.

W. KIP VISCUSI, Harvard University economist.

DAVID PHILLIPS, sociologist of the University of California, San Diego, A Comparison of Injury Date and Death Date in 42698 suicides, AJPH May (1988), Vol. 78, No. 5.

DAVID KROGH, Smoking: The Artificial Passion, September (1991), W. H. Freeman and Co. Ltd, New York, Hardback 176 pages.

OVIDE POMERLEAU, University of Michigan, Tobacco Research Network, www. med.umich.edu/.

SAUL SHIFFMAN, University of Pittsburgh, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, S. & Paty, J.A. (2006), American Psychological Association (USA).

ALLAN COLLINS, University of Colorado.

JUDITH HARRIS, The Nurture Assumption (1998), Bloomsbury PLC (1999), 473 pages, paperback.

DAVID ROWE, The Limits of Family Influence (1994), Guilford Press, a division of Guilford Publications, Inc. (USA), 232 pages, paperback. 

BENOWITZ and JACK HENNINGFIELD, New England Journal of Medicine, nejm.org.

 

tipping point mindmap.

the tipping point

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell was an interesting read looking at the social psychological viewpoints of trends. Gladwell gives hope to new designers. A small difference can tip a buisness and anyone can make it, they just need to do the right thing at the right time. I enjoyed the book more than I thought I would and it shows how anything is possible. Everyone has Mavens, Connectors and Salesmen in their life, and the infinite importance of your relationship wont become clear until you have read this book.
Smoking and teen smoking in particular is an interesting discussion in the last chapter of the book, I will look at this topic in my mind map.

roses, bleach and photo ink

mindmap?

first draft mind map for the tipping point by malcolm gladwell.