We finally had lectures about the four research themes, which consist of "Objects and Representation", "Contemporary Cities", explained by Mitha, and "Citizen Designer", "Future Identities" explained by Nadine. And after some reading, I decided my project will fall under "Objects and Representation" and "Future Identities".
Objects as companions to our emotional lives or as provocations to thought. We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with. Not only refers to refined objects but also banal, everyday objects. Productive consumptions of objects, by customizing and adjusting products, consumers de-alienate them by making them their own.
WGSN Trend report for 2020: Future Consumer“How individuals perceive and understand designed objects is socially and
The focus on objects and their effects on material culture today will open up discussions on the relationship between people, objects, and representations. As culture and time evolve, so does the value of objects. A piece of Kebaya without Peranakan culture will just be a piece of sewn fabric, and Peranakan culture needs a symbol, it needs to exist through an object of representation. One cannot exist without the other.
It will then link to Future Identities: Future world, Future Nations, Future Communities. The emerging design issues of today are uncertain phenomena especially in the era of globalisation and growing digitalization. We are on a journey into what the future might hold for design through speculation, critical thinking, and devising appropriate innovation strategies that can address the ever-changing world. The design that we create today, becomes the future we inhabit. The design that we come up with today, will contribute to future trends, opens up more areas that can lead to more innovative ideas to improve lives and in my case, culture. Preserved Peranakan culture can be beneficial for society and for the nation of Singapore, this is what I hope to achieve with my design. What I do today with my design, I hope will prolong and create a better future for the Peranakan culture.
Header image by Oriento via Unsplash.com
Objects as companions to our emotional lives or as provocations to thought. We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with. Not only refers to refined objects but also banal, everyday objects. Productive consumptions of objects, by customizing and adjusting products, consumers de-alienate them by making them their own.
WGSN Trend report for 2020: Future Consumer
“How individuals perceive and understand designed objects is socially and
culturally dependent. The study of material culture has long been rooted in
cultural and historical research. This focus on designed objects and their
various effects on the material culture of today will open up discussions on
history, philosophy, and the relationships between people, objects, and
representations. As design evolves, so does the value of objects. This
research area questions interactions existing within social relations to objects beyond the superficial, beyond the ordinary. The relationships between us and our object/s have become interesting narratives, which can be used for future discourse.”
The focus on objects and their effects on material culture today will open up discussions on the relationship between people, objects, and representations. As culture and time evolve, so does the value of objects. A piece of Kebaya without Peranakan culture will just be a piece of sewn fabric, and Peranakan culture needs a symbol, it needs to exist through an object of representation. One cannot exist without the other.
It will then link to Future Identities: Future world, Future Nations, Future Communities. The emerging design issues of today are uncertain phenomena especially in the era of globalisation and growing digitalization. We are on a journey into what the future might hold for design through speculation, critical thinking, and devising appropriate innovation strategies that can address the ever-changing world. The design that we create today, becomes the future we inhabit. The design that we come up with today, will contribute to future trends, opens up more areas that can lead to more innovative ideas to improve lives and in my case, culture. Preserved Peranakan culture can be beneficial for society and for the nation of Singapore, this is what I hope to achieve with my design. What I do today with my design, I hope will prolong and create a better future for the Peranakan culture.
Header image by Oriento via Unsplash.com
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