Assignment 1: the consumption of design...

I decided to focus on someone i know for this project. So i focused on one of my friends. I took random photographs of objects in her room (how they appeared naturally). I gained a lot of information which i did not know about/ didn't think i would be able to gain from pictures. I was able to tell a staggering amount of information about her appearance, music taste, habits, obsessions, past and future.

Looking at her desk... it is quite tidy, she was obviously in the process of using her laptop and needs reading glasses? shown on top of the blue book. obviously keeping certain things on show that might mean something to her, such as ornaments and cards and jewelry, while keeping things hidden away underneath. Maybe she is embarrassed of these things she stores away? Or maybe they aren't used as much.

I think she uses her desk as a place to read and do her work, a psychology book is lying on her desk which i can tell she has been in the process of reading as her glasses beside it.

Her taste in music is quite interesting as she has punk music and generally music that would be stereotyped as music a boy listens to. This contrasts with the flowers for example because flowers are associated with femininity. This makes me ask questions... are they old Cd's from her past? do they belong to someone else? Were the flowers given as a gift? or were they selected by herself? The cards show me that they were probably a gift. On top of her shelf lies some junk (bottle of booze + some candle holders?) this shows to me that she probably doesn't use these Cd's anymore... if they were used regularly they might not have as much on top of them.

Moving onto her bed section of the room we can see that there is a simple standard double bed and beech effect headboard + bed side table. Quite tidy looking... some jeans and clothes on the end of her bed, also a handbag and a small 'dobbies' carrier bag. By this section you can tell a bit more about her age, she is in her late teens which can be shown by the double bed... The colours are quite a good example of modernising a room as a child grows. Pink carpet was probably fitted when she was younger and as every child does... loves pink! maybe been painted green as she grew older through her teens. (less expensive to replace than a carpet.)

It is quite a big room with new PVC windows? quite a recent modern house. quite big windows also...

Looking at her DVD shelf we can see just how organised she is! The DVDs are displayed in alphabetical order!! Shows how neat she is and proud of her possessions. She might also suffer from slight O.C.D by the looks of it! Again the shelf matches the other furniture in her room (beech laminate). Looking at her DVDs you can see again the range of genres, from chick-flick to horror. She also has a book and computer games so there is a variety of technical and more traditional aspects.

The cuddly toys keep this element of childhood, obviously penguins mean something to her. variety of sizes + types of materials with smaller ones kept to the front. Again so they can be seen and displayed.

Under her bed i found ucas papers which could show she is already in university or college. Also books and folders containing information. There was also a calculator? maybe shes studying maths? "third party fire and theft" - car insurance? does this mean she has a car?

An empty packet of cigarettes... secret smoker?! (terrible!!), maybe they were left by someone? hidden away... not wanting anyone to see them...

This is quite interesting as there are several things she likes to keep from people seeing. Others that she wants people to notice, such as her DVDs (arranged in alphabetical order!)

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