Design in Our Lives

        At this week's art class, we went to MOMA museum again .We went through the entire third floor,which is about design and architecture. There are some high functionality designs and some low functionality designs.Also i saw few designs that i can not recognize what it is. like "bee's project ". But  i had a lot of fun . Because the architecture designs are really cool and beautiful.
     
         I picked four designs, two are high functionality designs and the other two are low functionality designs. I chooses "Bellflower Lamp" and "Endless Flow Rocking Chair" as high functionality designs. I chooses those two designs because they matches each other. I meant from design and the color. The lamp is banded the height is perfectly fit with the chair. The color of designs also similar with green. The chair can be used in our lives. It can be used as book chair, dining chair or just regular chair. Plus the the lamp can be used in our lives , at night when we setting in the chair we can use the lamp to light it up , just like light in our home.
       
         The other two low functionality designs that i chooses are "Honey-pop Armchair" and " IN-EI Mendori Lamp". The chair is made of paper. The reason why i picked those two designs as low functionality designs are because of the material. Even though the designs perfect and beautiful , but the function is very low. The paper chair we never can set in there, and the recycled-pet lamp if the light-ball's temperature goes high probably it can cause to fire. Then it will be dangerous. Those two designs probably just for exhibition.
       
         If i were a artist i will change the material to fabric instead of paper. Because fabric is more soft and when you setting in the chair it makes you more comfortable. The lamp i will change the material to metal instead of recycled-pet. For longest term, i think metal is a perfect material.

            I think function and design are not directly proportional. We can not say if the design is perfect then the function is high. They are not related each other. Simple design can be high founctional. So i think design and function are separate.  Art and design are from artist's idea. I think whatever  the design looks like it should be called art. Because the artist made it and titled it as art.




 Artist’  s Full Name: Wieki Somers
Title of Work            :" Bellflower Lamp"
Medium                     : carbon fiber, glass fiber,epoxy,steel, and LEDs
Year Completed        : 2007

 Artist’  s Full Name: Dirk Vander Kooij
Title of Work            :"Endless Flow Rocking Chair"
Medium                     : Recycled plastic
Year Completed        : 2011

 Artist’  s Full Name: Tokujin Yoshioka
Title of Work            :" honey-pop Armchair"
Medium                     : paper
Year Completed        : 2000

 Artist’  s Full Name:  Issey Miyake
Title of Work            :" IN-EI Mendori Lamp"
Medium                     : recycled- PET
Year Completed        : 2012