Interaction of Form and Content: Objectified

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               In the movie, Objectified, many artist and designers explain how form and content interact. Every object tells a story. Everything in the world is designed one way or another. We see design everywhere. Our minds process design quickly. When we see an object, we automatically make assumptions. How it’s used, why it is created, what it is and what it should look like. We design for a better life, to improve our daily lives, but there is so much more too it, than just its form.

                For example, in order to tell a story, the form must be processed thoughtfully. Good design has to be functional. The process that goes into creating an object is so much more than its appearance. We have to ask ourselves, who is it for, how do we make it for this person, how can it be environmentally friendly, how does it work, how does it function, and how it should look? All of these questions are part of the content. Content gives guidance of how form should be. Some examples from the movie were chairs, toothbrushes, the phone, and computers.

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                After being able to process all these questions, then form starts to take its appearance in an object. Form lately does not follow function, but our minds process it as what it is made for. For example the Iphone, it does not look like it does all the things it does, such as apps and all those sorts of things, but we somehow just assume it should do those things. The apple notebook is also an example of thoughtful designing, making sure it is working to its full potential, and at the same time it is sleek and simple.

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An object gives an emotion, it gives us a story. Without content and form, there is nothing.  Content is research, making solutions, and answering questions. Form is the production and process. In the end, your get an object, a story, a purpose.