Comments on: Ode to my Couch – Designing with Intent http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/ A girl geek's musings on technology, the internet, pop cultue, ADHD, and life in general. Mon, 09 May 2011 02:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: faryl http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-395 faryl Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:38:28 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-395 Interesting about your purist artist friend - I guess it's everyone's different perspectives that keeps life interesting ;-) Interesting about your purist artist friend – I guess it's everyone's different perspectives that keeps life interesting ;-)

]]> By: AnneMac http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-394 AnneMac Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:01:52 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-394 I love closets, too. My little house has tiny little closets in the bedroom. One of my future projects will be to rip out the boring shelf and pole in each one and do some kind of built-in solution that makes better use of the depth and height of them. I will need a very good functional design, that's for sure. I have an artist friend who is a purist. She categorically rejects my continuum concept, and says it's only art if it's completely unfettered of purpose. Everything else, to her, is a lower form because the creativity is being bound by the requirements of commerce. Oh, and she believes artists suffering in poverty is the only noble way to go, and that no "true" artist benefits commercially from his or her own work in his or her own lifetime. Of course, she hasn't been painting in over 2 decades, and her paintings sell for $8,000 each, so I guess she's afraid of the dirty money. All of which serves only to convince me further that there is no BLACK and WHITE answer to this question. Hence, the continuum. ;) (I like "vacuum" as well.) I love closets, too. My little house has tiny little closets in the bedroom. One of my future projects will be to rip out the boring shelf and pole in each one and do some kind of built-in solution that makes better use of the depth and height of them. I will need a very good functional design, that's for sure.

I have an artist friend who is a purist. She categorically rejects my continuum concept, and says it's only art if it's completely unfettered of purpose. Everything else, to her, is a lower form because the creativity is being bound by the requirements of commerce. Oh, and she believes artists suffering in poverty is the only noble way to go, and that no "true" artist benefits commercially from his or her own work in his or her own lifetime. Of course, she hasn't been painting in over 2 decades, and her paintings sell for $8,000 each, so I guess she's afraid of the dirty money. All of which serves only to convince me further that there is no BLACK and WHITE answer to this question. Hence, the continuum. ;) (I like "vacuum" as well.)

]]> By: faryl http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-393 faryl Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:05:05 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-393 Good points. I like the idea of acontinuum. (I also like the way continuum is spelled!) It brings to mind my dustbuster. It's a"Kone", designed by Karim Rashid for Dirt Devil - perfect for before I had closets (um, thanks, btw!) as it went perfect with the rest of my living room "mod" furniture :-) Good points. I like the idea of acontinuum. (I also like the way continuum is spelled!) It brings to mind my dustbuster. It's a”Kone”, designed by Karim Rashid for Dirt Devil – perfect for before I had closets (um, thanks, btw!) as it went perfect with the rest of my living room “mod” furniture :-)

]]> By: AnneMac http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-392 AnneMac Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:18:19 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-392 We see this in art all the time: a design for the sake of art, vs. a design for the sake of function. There appears to be a continuum of design, ranging from the "pure art" idea of freedom from form or guile of any kind, a product of pure imagination with no boundaries, rules or impositions, to the functional concept, where the purpose and planning elements are there to make sure the products, art, services, or whatever is being designed can serve a specific purpose, and follow a set of rules. I think the MOST imaginative designs on the PURPOSE end of the continuum take their ultimate purpose into account in unique ways, while maximizing the goals of the intended customer: form, functionality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, aesthetics, "peace of mind," etc.... the number of possible goals and their interaction seem infinite. We see this in art all the time: a design for the sake of art, vs. a design for the sake of function. There appears to be a continuum of design, ranging from the "pure art" idea of freedom from form or guile of any kind, a product of pure imagination with no boundaries, rules or impositions, to the functional concept, where the purpose and planning elements are there to make sure the products, art, services, or whatever is being designed can serve a specific purpose, and follow a set of rules. I think the MOST imaginative designs on the PURPOSE end of the continuum take their ultimate purpose into account in unique ways, while maximizing the goals of the intended customer: form, functionality, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, aesthetics, "peace of mind," etc…. the number of possible goals and their interaction seem infinite.

]]> By: USD$1620 Raised For Charity + Prize Give Away Winners http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-391 USD$1620 Raised For Charity + Prize Give Away Winners Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:02:30 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-391 [...] Ode to my Couch - Designing with Intent [...] [...] Ode to my Couch – Designing with Intent [...]

]]> By: faryl http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-390 faryl Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:10:30 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-390 @Guy Tessler No, not my couch in the picture - still haven't unpacked from moving and my couch was a bit too messy to snap a pic of! (will have to update that eventually!) I would love to be blogging in such a beautifully designed room though!!! @Guy Tessler No, not my couch in the picture – still haven’t unpacked from moving and my couch was a bit too messy to snap a pic of! (will have to update that eventually!)

I would love to be blogging in such a beautifully designed room though!!!

]]> By: Guy Tessler http://fearlessblogger.com/2008/11/ode-to-my-couch-design-with-intent-2/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Guy Tessler Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:55:20 +0000 http://fearlessblogger.com/?p=543#comment-389 In the picture the couch indeed has a design but it is not yours so who cares. The real design here is the room where the couch is in and you will probably find all elements of the definitions of design in the process and actions that led to that final result of a beautiful room. In the picture the couch indeed has a design but it is not yours so who cares.

The real design here is the room where the couch is in and you will probably find all elements of the definitions of design in the process and actions that led to that final result of a beautiful room.

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