Go to the website of designers Dunne & Raby and read about their project titled, "BETWEEN REALITY AND THE IMPOSSIBLE,"and choose your favorite of their 4 designs (Foragers, Stop and Scan, EM Listeners, Afterlife):
http://www.dunneandraby.co.uk/content/projects/543/0
Post the image of your favorite design with a few words that reflect why you like it.
Frankly, after reading through these concepts I can't say that I like any of them. They are all rather disturbing... I really dislike the idea of having communications monitored, or relying on anything like a brain scan to prove guilt in a crime. Suicide device does not really peak my interest either. The only design I can claim to like in any way is "Foragers."
I have to admit that it is a good idea to design new systems for maximizing what people get out of food and the environment. There is already a huge food shortage in the world, and I like the design firm's effort to propose a solution to the problem. It is creative, and yet it is as of yet quite an undeveloped concept (or at least it appears to be at first). The strange devices in the images are not explained in great detail, allowing viewers to come up with their own explanations for exactly what is going on with the inventions being depicted. This is a very interesting way to put designs out into the world, and fits with the firm's goal of working theoretically.
-Kelly F.
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