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Holistic Products: Designing With Time, Gifts, And Ritual, Jeremy P. Zietz
Holistic Products: Designing With Time, Gifts, And Ritual, Jeremy P. Zietz
Theses and Dissertations
The notion of “you are what you buy” is an updated adage from “you are what you eat”. It makes a connection between our everyday objects and their effect on our lived experience. Looking at our relationships with our things as a type of contract, we must be intentional to shape these object contracts for our own good and health. Instead of our society’s design talents being put toward a consumerist agenda, designers must direct research and development which addresses the effects of our products holistically.
Various concepts have emerged in my creative practice which demand a deeper research and …