Posting Group Due 2/29 @ 3PM
Architecture:
HINES JASON SCOTT
HORA REBECCA ANN
JACKSON CAMILLE E
JI SEUNGHUAN SR
JOLLEYS ERIKA
JONES JILLIAN BROOKE
KILBY RYAN PAUL
KIRSCH MAGGIE ELAINE
LLUCH ROCIO
LOPES ELIANE MANDU
MASON LECHASTIN JAVONTE'
MCCLURE KYLER ANNE
MCDONOUGH EILEEN
HINES JASON SCOTT
HORA REBECCA ANN
JACKSON CAMILLE E
JI SEUNGHUAN SR
JOLLEYS ERIKA
JONES JILLIAN BROOKE
KILBY RYAN PAUL
KIRSCH MAGGIE ELAINE
LLUCH ROCIO
LOPES ELIANE MANDU
MASON LECHASTIN JAVONTE'
MCCLURE KYLER ANNE
MCDONOUGH EILEEN
Designers should always be prepared to have their work be interpreted in different ways. The Feral Robot can be considered a success because people were able to take the artifact (toy) and transform it into a very useful tool. The fact that Natalia Jerenijinko developed sensors and put them on the toy in order to gather information about toxins should not be considered a bad thing. The designer should feel proud that the toy can be used in a way which can help people to search for toxins and perhaps many others environmental problems. I believe that as designers we should always feel proud of our work if it benefits our society in any respect. Designers should always be prepared to have their artifacts changed and used for different purposes as long it is a good purpose. The designer can use these changes to his or her own benefit and improve the initial design to fit other purposes as well.
In the case of the Feral Robot, the designer should engage himself in the idea and perhaps develop a new design of the toy to better fit Natalia?s idea. When ideas are combined they usually have a great result where everyone wins. Designers should always be open to new ideas and changes that can improve or create a new function for their artifacts.
Posted by Elliane Mandu Lopes on February 29, 2008 at 11:48 AM EST #