#9 Case of Curiosities (Modified)

Original instructions for this exploration are to collect objects that I do not understand or have no meaning for. I modified this to fit better with the overall theme of my project, which seems to be focusing on the things that seem to pull everything together. So I documented items that, if they were not available, would create problems for us and whose absences would be most noticeable. I've also linked those items to this weeks reading from Debating Good.


“The most remarkable feature of the modern workplace has nothing to do with computers, automation and gloabalisation. It lies in the widely-held belief that work should make us happy.” ...Aristotle crucially identified happiness as an end in iteslef, and the ultimate goal of human pursuits. He held that it is natural to humans to seek happiness and fundamental to how they make choices in life. This is why happiness is crucial to ethics. Is work the key to happiness? Or is happiness the key to ethics?


“How might designers stay true to their core beliefs and concerns while being tolerant and open to the views of others?” We should shed light on all ideas.


“Modernism advocates aesthetic neutrality.” Should we set ourselves to Medium?


"Design should be a facilitator in conveying messages, but should not be part of the message itself." The tea is the message, the mug is the design.