Task Five

The Story of Stuff

This is a very interesting clip that talks about the real life cycle of the product and expands on its basic 5 stages:
1. extraction
2. Production
3. Distribution
4. Consumption
5. Disposal

It discusses the impact the governments and corporations have over us and our environment. The film reminds us of how we are a consumerist society and how easily we have been molded into becoming this. It encourages us to think more about why we are buying "stuff" and to think about we're it came from and its "externalized costs"

This clip is so important to the industrial designer, as it is us that can help make a huge change in the amount of consumption and waste of society. As we can design newer models that can be re-used from old ones, and we can design more recyclable objects that produce less toxins. The most important thing a young industrial designer can take form this is to think about not just the design and marketing of the product, but the impacts on society and the environment of the manufacturing process.