Objectified Response

In Objectified, a documentary by Gary Hustwit Revist, Karim Rashid is featured and makes a statement that sparked my interest. He said, “I have an iPod in my pocket, I have a mobile phone, I have a laptop, but then somehow I end up going home and sitting on wood-spindle, whittengale-like chair. So, in a way you could argue that we’re building all these really kitsch stage sets that have absolutely nothing to do with the age in which we live in. Strange.” This statement makes me think of the correlation between very modern and technical elements with the simplistic and slightly retro design. Rashid’s own idea and personal style pushes the envelope for organic and modern shapes, although for me personally, having such modern design is not to as appealing. Particularly in style and furniture, retro seventies style is making a comeback. In reference to “good design”, unlike Rashid, I believe that good design does not always have to be so technically and digitally advanced. I think there is great beauty in simplistic and retro design. For this response, I chose to do a seventies style dresser with a record player. I chose this because of the “comeback” this style of furniture has made, as well as the popularity of records growing once again. Although the furniture style has already been done before, I think old design can be reinvented into objects for today. I think that design, although it is ever changing and evolving, doesn’t always have to come from something new.