“Design in Our Lives”

       There are many things around us that are high functional and also things that are low functional in our lives. In our visit to The Museum of Modern Art, I observed many interesting works; from old fashioned furniture, to future “possible useful” things. As my assignment requires, I will provide two examples of “High functionality” objects and “Low functionality” objects.

First, I will start by talking about two objects which I think do not have high functionality. Hannah Hoch German, 1889-1978. Indian Dancer: from an ethnographic museum 1930. It is a painting. I think this design would not be useful. This painting is only useful to decorate a wall. It does not do anything that could really change a thing. Because of that I qualify this painting as “Low functionality”. Another design that I qualify as “Low functionality” is a body 3 portable storage system 1969 by Joe Colombo (Italian, 1930-1971). It is an uncomfortable portable item. It may carry light items while shopping but not the heavy one. Because of the short use that this portable item does, for me, is a “Low functionality.

On the other hand, there were many useful items. The “XXXX sofa” by Yuya Ushida (Japanese b. 1976 Polyamide), is design that I find “High functionality”. This is an item that can be use by one or more people and occupies less space when is closed. Becomes from a chair to a sofa and it has also a great supports. It can be used in many places, such as: park, living room, beach (because if it gets wet it does not matter), party, etc. Another great design! Which I think it does not have the attention deserved, is “Water cone water collection device” by Stephan Augustine (German, b. 1967). This device is an important and I would call it “The wonder” because of its great functionality, which is to produce water with the radiation of the sunlight. I f a group of people have a trip to the countryside or somewhere far away, it is great to have one of this thing in case that the group finish all the liquid they were carrying. With this cone water would be always there (as soon as the sun is out).

  In conclusion, I liked a lot the exhibition. It was interesting seeing things that I did not reach to use; however, there were things that I did not find interesting nor useful.

Hannah Hoch
"Indian Dancer: From an ethmographic museum"
1889-1978

Yuya Ushida
"xxxx Sofa"
b. 1970

Stephan Agustin
"Water cone water colection device"
b. 1967