Project 1 Write-up + Video

The phrase ‘Design should be sexy’ gives us the idea of expensive, appealing and high-end quality design. Its con is the cost of and expenses of creating ‘sexy’ design. Design can be time consuming and as Benjamin Frankly phrased it “time is money.” Talent and labor both cost money and which therefore drives up the final cost of the product. Companies spend millions of dollars advertising high end products that will hopefully be perceived as appealing and desirable.

We state that design should be sexy but at what cost are we producing appealing design? Things such as materials are one of the things to consider while it can affect our environment. The video challenges the phrase design should be sexy by showing how the product has been crafted taking time and effort in order to make the product look appealing. Creating such high end products use more costly resources and tools to make. The video shows the wood being altered to make it look appealing and making it look newer than the original. The more time it takes to make something look “sexy” the more money it will cost to produce and the more expensive and costly the product will be. Cost and things such as materials affecting out environment to make something look sexy has a negative impact on design.