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Critical Design

This Critical Design project explores the property of design, both graphic and product, that critiques and provokes thoughts surrounding cultural phenomena, in addition to serving its conventional functional purposes.

Andy Warhol Tribute I

“The more you look at the same exact thing, the more the meaning goes away, and the better and emptier you feel." Andy Warhol said this about his collection of Marilyn Monroe's prints which presumably celebrate her youth and beauty. Could the star be as mundane and accessible as a bottle of Coke? Monroe's stardom may suffer due to the mass production of her image, but these days celebrities are mass produced even without Warhol and artists like him around.

Warhol tribute

Instant Cup Noodles

If we all love instant noodles so much, what is so degrading about them that led to the term "instant noodle entertainment"?

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Casio World Time Travel Clock

Associative design playfully subverts users’ expectations of, and interactions with everyday design products to challenge embedded assumptions of these products and ultimately consumption habits and norms. Does an antique clock form bring more attention to the highly functional Casio digital watch that is often overlooked?

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