Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Design in our lives field trip 2

I recently made another trip to the MoMA. This trip was on different floors, the 3rd floor which was full of architecture and design and then the 6th floor which was century of  CHILD GROWING BY DESIGN. Each floors were different then the floors i visited on my first trip. these two floors were more modern to the twentieth century if you ask me.  At the MoMA this time i had to find two things in which i found "highly functional" and two thing in which i found "low functionality". Some what difficult but here are my results. 
LOW FUNCTIONALITY  
Designs for an Over populated world; Foragers 2009 Dunne Raby,Fiona Raby, Anthony Dunne
To me this seems to low functionality. Low functionality meaning something that cannot be of much use to you or to anybody else. serving a purpose to someone or something and being able to to be used. to me this is low functional because how can one use this? this is merely a matter of the mind not something that can be physically used and if you didn't read the title you wouldn't even be sure of what this means.
This to me is low functional but only because it is not functional to me per say. I mean maybe a kid would find this to be of "high function" if they knew what it meant but it cant be f any use to me its annoying.
HIGH FUNCTIONALITY  
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 
Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 1926–27. Installation view of Counter Space: Design and the Modern Kitchen.
This is what you can say as "highly functional" meaning something of great use or purpose to ones life or everyday doings. no other then the kitchen where you eat cook dinner for family, friends and even a significant other. You need food to survive so of course you need a kitchen to survive.
Another item in the museum in which I found highly functional. Its a car seat, a safety measure for children and if the car seat is secure and put in right then it can save a child life but if its put in wrong then it may be death tramental to the child's life. For most parents this is a great invention and helps make driving easier and simpler and safe. 

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