Think about what goes on in your head when you buy something new, take a photo of your favourite designed object and answer the following:
· Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than function well?
· Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?
I have decided to talk about the Sony PSP, I recently got given one by my work, as I am going to be promoting it and the PS3 around Nottingham. I think that the PSP is especially well designed, as in it is incredibly aesthetically good looking. I can even remember when they first came out, a girl at my old school went out and bought one just because of how good it looked, don’t think she ever really actually used it though. I think that we are willing to pay more for things with appealing forms because when something you’ve bought looks nice, you like other people to see you with it, so are more likely to use it, just like the clothes that we buy, some of them not so practical, but look nice. For my job, the fact that people are willing to pay more for things which are appealing should help, as the PSP looks, feels and works brilliantly. The reason we want our belongings to do more than function well is because more and more these days everything does more than one thing, and the more likely its going to be that we end up with one thing that does everything, for example the I-Phone, not just a phone, its pretty much a stylish, fashionable PDA.
· Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than function well?
· Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?
I have decided to talk about the Sony PSP, I recently got given one by my work, as I am going to be promoting it and the PS3 around Nottingham. I think that the PSP is especially well designed, as in it is incredibly aesthetically good looking. I can even remember when they first came out, a girl at my old school went out and bought one just because of how good it looked, don’t think she ever really actually used it though. I think that we are willing to pay more for things with appealing forms because when something you’ve bought looks nice, you like other people to see you with it, so are more likely to use it, just like the clothes that we buy, some of them not so practical, but look nice. For my job, the fact that people are willing to pay more for things which are appealing should help, as the PSP looks, feels and works brilliantly. The reason we want our belongings to do more than function well is because more and more these days everything does more than one thing, and the more likely its going to be that we end up with one thing that does everything, for example the I-Phone, not just a phone, its pretty much a stylish, fashionable PDA.
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