The plan is categorize and understand different ways in which products create humor, and how product-humor plays a role ( if any) in today’s world.
Been thinking-thinking about how to go about my research for some time... been collecting images too, and with every new product-humor' image that I find, I am able to find more basis for categorization.Studying and understanding humor is a lot like studying and understanding art... there's limitless categorization, a lot of subjective judgment, and a lot of personal bias, - and lastly a lot of that scary question " so what?"
I realize what I am doing is a lot of 'translation' is I may call it that. I’m looking at techniques of humor in other mediums such as language, and film, (such as puns, paradox, parody etc) and seeing how that technique is used in products to result in humor.
Like a paradox in a product is perhaps when the product presents an impossible situation…. (Courtesy 100% design)
A pun… a Time-Table (courtesy Juanico)
And like wise… The search is getting more exciting.
So anyone out there, if you ever come across a product that makes you smile/ laugh/ or just tilt your head…. Please do pass it on!
2 comments:
image of bulb was really expressive. havent read write up so dont know what it about, but sure its something interesting. yes i havent blogged for someday. i had some family related issues to deal with. actually its been long i have been on computer.
well Happy Dewali.
do u still find to locate me?
wishes
Hi...some images on this topic..
http://jadedism.blogspot.com/2007/11/design-wit-and-creative-act.html
& u wuld like to find out more abt Core77's offsite at NYC..link in my post. :)
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