"Good Design"

Here is an in-depth look at my five objects and whats makes them good design...

Watch

            A self-explanatory object, the watch is designed to do one thing: tell the time. Yet, with endless possibilities, the watch is left with a large amount of room to create it in many different ways. The watch will always be around, even with advancing electronics, because it is stable, long lasting product that doesn’t necessarily depend on the future of technology. The watch is innovative while remaining environment friendly. The watch will continue to remain a watch while becoming more useful and doing more than just telling time.    

Car

            The car is good design because it serves our needs and gives a purpose. How do people get to work? How does a product get to point B from point A, without the use of a plane or boat? All with a car, making it a very useful tool. Although, the car is much more than a tool evolving from just a wooden wagon with fragile wheels to an electronic car that can go up to 200 miles per hour. The car is long-lasting and understandable. The way the car is made makes a good product of design, not necessarily how it is run or how it manufactures but the design of itself makes it a staple to society.

 Stress Ball

            One of most prevalent illnesses is stress. How do people cope with stress? Cigarettes, yoga, alcohol, exercise, and so on are all activities but what is a product that can help you with stress in a non-destructive manner? A stress ball is a good example of design because it is straight to the point and unobtrusive. A stress ball is innovative because you develop much further from just a ball. For example, the stress ball I brought is a rubber ball filled with gel in a close net. You squeeze it when you’re stressed or angry, rather than punching a wall or downing a drink, and you get to the see gel go through the net, a very simple yet appealing product of design.   

Multiple USB Connector

            The USB connector is a good product of design because it is useful for not one electronic device but several. While it could look like a bunch of wires or plugs, the designer had made the USB connector arms and legs of a small white, plastic character. The product is understandable and simple not attracting attention but remaining attractive.

Key

            Imagine the world without keys. Yet we will live world, most likely, where we can get in anywhere with our fingerprints, voice, etc. but for now the key is one of the most useful products of design.  If you took a bunch of keys a put them all together, they would all look pretty much the same, yet they all get you into somewhere different. The key is very useful and unobtrusive. You can have a key with a keychain, you can have a design on your key, but it still remains a key.