The Great Adventure of Naviel ^.*: "Design in our Lives"

In our third field trip reaction to MOMA, we were asked to go to the third floor of the museum, called “Architecture and Design”. In this writing paper I will present four works, giving my own point of view of what I understood and saw there, knowing that everyone has different opinions about art and design. Two of the works must to have high functionality and two with low functionality, evaluating and contrasting the difference between them, and the utility.

My first two works have high functionality; the first one is called “Java Jacket Cup Sleeve” by Jay D Sorensen. I think this work has high functionality because it has unique design and the designer thought in people’s conform making a cup sleeve, to the purpose that everyone could drink coffee, tea or anything hot, without any worries about the heat. I define this work as a useful tool in our time, because it is common in our society to drink coffee early in the day, or running late to work, and having hot coffee chocolate or tea, so it is a practical tool that everybody can use without any trouble at all.

My second work is called “Help Point Intercom” by Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger this work is very out of the ordinary because is not usual, it has exclusive qualities for emergency purpose. I like this work because it was made for the train users’ protection. This two works have something in common that both help and protect people in some way. What makes so ergonomic the first work, is the accessible and simplicity. The second work is ergonomic because people can use it for important things, even though is not allowed to everyone but it could be a useful and important tool nowadays.

In this paragraph I am going to talk about my two low functionality works. The first one is called “Fork” by Bruno Munari, this work has low quality because the forks are not structurally made, and it could be difficult picking the food. The second one is called “Radio (Model Ts502)” by Marco Zanuso and Richard Sapper, I found this work not ergonomic because nowadays the technology is higher and this work is pretty much old, so maybe people may not use it because of the new Radios and the good capacity they may have. In my opinion this two works could be more ergonomic if the structure was more modern, for example forks could be ergonomic if they were made perfectly to pick up food, and the radio could have high functionality if it was made with a new capacity, new sounds, etc.

In conclusion my four works described if they are ergonomic or not. My two first works explained very well what is the purpose of making thing with a high functionality and what is the most important doing a good work. Low functionality and High functionality are very important in life because design influences in our life, the products we use clothes we wear the food that we eat and a lot of things that is common in our society.

(High Functionality)
Jay D. Sorensen
"Java Jacket Cup Sleeve"