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Question

What do the technical choices we make say about our values and what we want from society?

Overview

The Internet age has accelerated the use of automated processes and machines at the expense of the one-off design artifact. How we choose to make our work, and the way it is consumed, is a choice designers need to own. This unit asks you to form an ethical stance with the technical choices that you make. What effects do these choices have on the way people interact and society in general?

Learning objectives

– Form an opinion about the role of technology
– Increase sensitivity to the integration of machines in everyday life
– Communicate ideas beyond your ability to execute it. Create a clear and coherent proposal/prototype
– Become aware of speculative or non-functional designs for rhetorical effect

The band They Might Be Giants has some highly conceptual and interesting videos in their “Dial-a-song” series. Below is a playlist, be sure to look through them all:

Michel Gondry’s music videos have a lot structure:
https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#tbm=vid&q=michel+gondry+music+videos

Totally overdesigned website promo video (a DP trailer):

Fake commercial promoting a Broadway Hypnotist show
https://screen.yahoo.com/amazing-alexander-000000031.html