Comments on: 'Objectified' – Design Around Us and In Us http://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nostrahttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/#comment-40424 Nostra Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:19:17 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=4868#comment-40424 Objectified was a great documentary. You should also check out the two other movies in this trilogy. The first one is about typography and the last one about city planning.Interesting to see the comparisons between the things Jobs was involved in designing. As is clear from his biography he was a perfectionist, even making sure that the inside looked beautiful. Objectified was a great documentary. You should also check out the two other movies in this trilogy. The first one is about typography and the last one about city planning.

Interesting to see the comparisons between the things Jobs was involved in designing. As is clear from his biography he was a perfectionist, even making sure that the inside looked beautiful.

]]> By: Jett Loehttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/#comment-3374 Jett Loe Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:12:05 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=4868#comment-3374 I don't disagree Dale - actually i think most people's criticism of it comes from their preconceived notion of what the pic would be - but i enjoyed it on it's own terms, ya know? I don't disagree Dale – actually i think most people's criticism of it comes from their preconceived notion of what the pic would be – but i enjoyed it on it's own terms, ya know?

]]> By: Dalehttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/#comment-3373 Dale Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:24:39 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=4868#comment-3373 This film was interesting but not what I expected. For whatever reason -- maybe the title? -- I expected it to move past the idea that we live in a designed world and offer some reflections, possibly some arguments and criticisms, about the pros and cons of this. That is, I was expecting an analysis of design and its implications for the world, and less a straight celebration of design. <br><br>I should probably form expectations of films based on something more than the title, but then again, titles are 'designed objects' and they therefore involve elements of persuasion, arguably 'social control.' <br><br>Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't necessarily have accepted or even declined to snigger at high-minded theorists waxing on about how Apple's, Ikea's, and Target's design choices are implicating humankind in oppressive totalizing metanarratives or whatever. But I thought there would be some perspectives that go beyond "design is awesome!" and I think the film would have been better with such. <br><br>Also: design is awesome. It's hard to watch this film without walking away understanding why people get passionate about it. This film was interesting but not what I expected. For whatever reason — maybe the title? — I expected it to move past the idea that we live in a designed world and offer some reflections, possibly some arguments and criticisms, about the pros and cons of this. That is, I was expecting an analysis of design and its implications for the world, and less a straight celebration of design.

I should probably form expectations of films based on something more than the title, but then again, titles are 'designed objects' and they therefore involve elements of persuasion, arguably 'social control.'

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't necessarily have accepted or even declined to snigger at high-minded theorists waxing on about how Apple's, Ikea's, and Target's design choices are implicating humankind in oppressive totalizing metanarratives or whatever. But I thought there would be some perspectives that go beyond “design is awesome!” and I think the film would have been better with such.

Also: design is awesome. It's hard to watch this film without walking away understanding why people get passionate about it.

]]> By: Jett Loehttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/#comment-3372 Jett Loe Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:12:05 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=4868#comment-3372 I don't disagree Dale - actually i think most people's criticism of it comes from their preconceived notion of what the pic would be - but i enjoyed it on it's own terms, ya know? I don't disagree Dale – actually i think most people's criticism of it comes from their preconceived notion of what the pic would be – but i enjoyed it on it's own terms, ya know?

]]> By: Dalehttp://thefilmtalk.com/blog/objectified-review-documentary-steve-jobs-cube-computer-kaabah/#comment-3371 Dale Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:24:39 +0000 http://www.thefilmtalk.com/?p=4868#comment-3371 This film was interesting but not what I expected. For whatever reason -- maybe the title? -- I expected it to move past the idea that we live in a designed world and offer some reflections, possibly some arguments and criticisms, about the pros and cons of this. That is, I was expecting an analysis of design and its implications for the world, and less a straight celebration of design. <br><br>I should probably form expectations of films based on something more than the title, but then again, titles are 'designed objects' and they therefore involve elements of persuasion, arguably 'social control.' <br><br>Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't necessarily have accepted or even declined to snigger at high-minded theorists waxing on about how Apple's, Ikea's, and Target's design choices are implicating humankind in oppressive totalizing metanarratives or whatever. But I thought there would be some perspectives that go beyond "design is awesome!" and I think the film would have been better with such. <br><br>Also: design is awesome. It's hard to watch this film without walking away understanding why people get passionate about it. This film was interesting but not what I expected. For whatever reason — maybe the title? — I expected it to move past the idea that we live in a designed world and offer some reflections, possibly some arguments and criticisms, about the pros and cons of this. That is, I was expecting an analysis of design and its implications for the world, and less a straight celebration of design.

I should probably form expectations of films based on something more than the title, but then again, titles are 'designed objects' and they therefore involve elements of persuasion, arguably 'social control.'

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't necessarily have accepted or even declined to snigger at high-minded theorists waxing on about how Apple's, Ikea's, and Target's design choices are implicating humankind in oppressive totalizing metanarratives or whatever. But I thought there would be some perspectives that go beyond “design is awesome!” and I think the film would have been better with such.

Also: design is awesome. It's hard to watch this film without walking away understanding why people get passionate about it.

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