Reading Quiz - John Maeda, Laws of Simplicity: Law 7 – Emotion
When Maeda uses the “Feel, and feel
for” principle, he is drawing on peoples connection to a very personal
experience: feelings. List 3 ways that would make use of this principle to
visitors of your exhibition.
·
Layout
of the exhibition – the way objects are displayed – not to cluttered.
·
Create
environment – lighting, smell, temperature.
·
Theme
can provoke emotion.
What is animism? Why do you think the “Tamagocchi”
craze of the ‘90s became such a craze? How can you apply this to your
exhibition?
·
Belief
everything inanimate has spirit.
·
Animism
– the feeling that an inanimate object is alive ie Dolls and Teddy bears.
·
Tamagochi
appealed to people to care for an object that yearned for human attention.
·
Appeals
to need to nurture emotion.
·
Companionship
– human connection – relationships.
·
Emotional
investment in life.
Our
childrens book may appeal to parents to show how much fun can be had in Darwin
on school holidays.
Name 2 products that you have
purchased that gave you that feeling of “Aichaku”. What feelings did those
products evoke? Was it the feeling that sold the product to you?
Sense
of attachment one can feel for an artifact.
I
once bought a Faux fur blanket, same colouring as my dog and also soft and
fluffy. I Love my dog, I love my blanky! – bit weird though!
How do the references to emotion
relate to the simplicity/complexity relationship discussed in Law 5 –
Differences
A
design needs a balance of simplicity and complexity to provoke a favourable
emotional response.
The
simple design of the iphones which can be accessorized by bright and colourful covers.
Find
a URL link or image and summarise/discuss.
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