The Bulb - Kenya Hara

Sometimes, we just need to get a cup of good coffee in order to bribe our mind start working. Above is a letterpress print made by Jayne Christina Glick from the Herron School of Art + Design.  So, this week I encountered her work and perhaps this quote of Kenya Hara would make it a good start.

"Design is the energetic acknowledgment of our own living world through the making of things and through communication. Design is a provocation of our senses and a way of making us discern the world afresh" - Kenya Hara

Design of Design 設計中的設計/ Chinese Version

I'm not sure whether I develop this awareness latter by myself or I am actually influenced by Kenya Hara. His book Design of Design was the first design book I read when I decided to study in a design college. Although, until present, I have yet to understand all of Kenya Hara's philosophies, his direction of work has definitely put a very high focus on exploring humanity. That functionality of assisting human to improve our quality of life in a sustainable way, has made me agreed with the value of design.
 

Kenya Hara

The previous critique session has clarified my confusion on how to do the A&P project. Observing Kenya Hara's work, I understand the A&P carries the function to promote not only the artwork, but also the concept or philosophy embedded. The entire objective is to provide an all-rounded communication with the audience through various medias, so that Voice Balls' concept or concern is well presented and delivered. At a certain point of dissecting Voice Ball, I think it's philosophy is a concern that needs to be addressed to public, beyond being a concept that only draws people's attention or agreement.

So, forget about the commercial way of defining "marketable value". Good that I understand it now.