Friday, 08 February 2008
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Reflections on Assignment 2 and its corresponding Lecture
During our third lecture, Mr Reddy mentioned something interesting. He said that if a designer designs something for a mass market, it is possible that no one might want to buy the product. However, if a designer designs a product with a specific person of a target audience in mind, the designer can be sure that at least one person will buy the product. And it is better to have one person buy it than no one. I thought this is a very interesting point, as it links back to the point of individualism, and how individualising a product will increase its appeal to the user.
With that in mind, I started on Assignment 2. After I was done with the 4 pleasure analysis, I learned something new: Whether something is a user's need or appreciation pleasure is subjective. It depends on what the user is willing to settle for, what is most important to the user, and his or her perceptions and values. I say this because after analyzing my imaginery subject and reading about the imaginery subject in the lecture notes, there are certain similar characteristics I classified as need pleasure while Mr Reddy classified as appreciation pleasure, while there are certain characteristics I classified as appreciation pleasure while Mr Reddy classified as need pleasure. I realize this is due to the fact that my imgainery subject and his imaginer subject has a different history and character.
I did some research online, and I found an interesting article (URL: http://www.designverb.com/2007/11/11/vilayanur-ramachandran-a-journey-to-the-center-of-your-mind/). According to the author, designing is about figure out why someone likes, hates, or experiences a design differently. Everyone has a different experience growing up, hence, there is no such thing as an exact definition but only dynamic definitions. And after reading it, I totally agree with him. This also makes me realize how difficult it is to design a good product that will please everyone. Again, this reiterates the point that Mr Reddy made. Since you can't please everyone, make sure you can please at least one person.
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