#
ID PROJECTS
  • Fields of Practice
    • Health
    • Interactions
    • Mobility
    • Objects and Experiences
    • Product Design
    • Sustainability
    • Systems and Services
  • Supervisors
    • Dr. Areli Avendano Franco
    • Gyungju Chyon
    • Simon Curlis
    • Dr. Mick Douglas
    • Frank Feltham
    • Liam Fennessy
    • David Flynn
    • Sophie Gaur
    • Dr. Judith Glover
    • Yan Huang
    • Chuan Khoo
    • Simone LeAmon
    • Dr. Scott Mayson
    • Dr. Scott Mitchell
    • Dr. Juan Sanin
    • Dr. Soumitri Varadarajan
    • Dr Malte Wagenfeld
  • Year
    • 2016 Projects
    • 2015 Projects
    • 2014 Projects
  • Links
    • RMIT ID course info
    • RMIT ID Facebook
    • RMIT ID Studios
    • DAP — Design Action Program
    • Design Practice Methods
,

Echo

  • field Interactions, Objects and Experiences
  • By Matilda Rutherford
#2015#Dr. Scott Mitchell
Tweet

Inspired by discussion and speculation within today’s society, “Echo” is a comment on a possible shift to a narcissistic society as a result of increasing interaction with social media and various personal devices.

Despite the negativity towards narcissism, it is emerging as a social alternative. Associated traits, such as self-entitlement, a sense of authority and vanity are becoming more endemic in today’s society. Through highlighting, amplifying and manipulating specific narcissistic traits, the question becomes – can critical design be used as a tool to confront the issues and negative undercurrent associated with narcissism, prompting a shift in social understanding of the increase of narcissism within the possible future? By locating narcissistic issues within an everyday context in a novel yet accessible way, critical design enables individual users to explore the deep ethical and social issues associated with narcissism within their own lives. This excites internal confrontation and reflection, stimulating the individual’s curiosity and perspective of narcissistic reality. As a consequence of increasing engagement with social media, it is suggested that the line between objects of reflection and objects of representation are being blurred. Resulting in a constant state of reflection, understanding and interaction with public and private realities are obscured. Through the critical design of everyday objects which incite the confrontation of internal reflection, a deeper understanding and acceptance of narcissism within society is stimulated.

  • field Interactions, Objects and Experiences
  • By Matilda Rutherford
#2015#Dr. Scott Mitchell
Tweet
<
Modern Photography; Changing How We Use Photos To Tell Our Stories

Modern Photography; Changing How We Use Photos To Tell Our Stories

>
Print : Out of the shell.

Print : Out of the shell.

Related Work

Print : Out of the shell.

Print : Out of the shell.


Published by RMIT Industrial Design

© RMIT University

Copyright in the individual designs, images and texts remain vested with the individual authors and designers. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part of this publication may be reproduced by any process, electronic or otherwise, without written permission from the publishers and authors. Neither may information be stored electronically in any form whatsoever without such permission. All opinions expressed in the material contained in this publication are those of the authors and not necessary of the publisher.
#
  • Fields of Practice
    • Health
    • Interactions
    • Mobility
    • Objects and Experiences
    • Product Design
    • Sustainability
    • Systems and Services
  • Supervisors
    • Dr. Areli Avendano Franco
    • Gyungju Chyon
    • Simon Curlis
    • Dr. Mick Douglas
    • Frank Feltham
    • Liam Fennessy
    • David Flynn
    • Sophie Gaur
    • Dr. Judith Glover
    • Yan Huang
    • Chuan Khoo
    • Simone LeAmon
    • Dr. Scott Mayson
    • Dr. Scott Mitchell
    • Dr. Juan Sanin
    • Dr. Soumitri Varadarajan
    • Dr Malte Wagenfeld
  • Year
    • 2016 Projects
    • 2015 Projects
    • 2014 Projects
  • Links
    • RMIT ID course info
    • RMIT ID Facebook
    • RMIT ID Studios
    • DAP — Design Action Program
    • Design Practice Methods
#