Consequences of use: design proposals

New technological products have become accepted not only through their use but also through their rhetorical use in the discourse and marketing on and around them. Driven by theoretical writings on the subject of technology and prominent social events, the designs form part of a critical investigation into consequences surrounding use of technological products. Issues relating to the 'smart phone' are embodied into product design offering design proposals for presentation and debate.

ASBO: considers the ‘Happy Slapping’ phenomenon and how the integration of video into the mobile phone might facilitate violence. ASBO packages mobile phones with offensive weapons and questions the phones agency in these acts.

FIRST AID FOR A LOSS OF CONNECTION: explores how digital communication technologies are becoming an extension of us. Will we need to treat a loss of connection as we would an injury? The design affords the means for the suffering user to synchronize lost technology with emergency devices.

DTOX explores increasing examples of addiction to product and digital communication through text, email and social media usage. A direct result of these dependencies is therapeutic products that allow users to treat their addiction. This product design offers a step-by-step detox programme that allows sufferers to tackle their addiction through planned obsolescence.

(Polypropylene; Laser cut acrylic; Mobile phones; Selective Laser Sintered Maquettes, 3 x 210 x 300 mm)

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