Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?

Other things have an impact on aesthetics like for example the current release of HD. With it there have been televisions, DVD players even television broadcasting comes in HD, for a price of course. It isn’t just by choice any more though, we are all being told that by 2011 we are going to need a digital television or we wont be able to watch our shows. People are going to pay more for it because in the one hand we want what is new and exciting and in the other we don’t have a choice but to pay more for a television that shows more aesthetic pictures and looks impressive in a room.

In this ever-moving consumer world its pay out of your own accord for the newest best looking thingy on the market or buy it because you have no choice and are being told you need it. You have to decide are you going to be brainwashed into getting it or get it because its your only option.

Why is it we want our belongings to do more than just function well?

The other week I bought a new monitor to replace my old one for my PC. I had to choose between two made by Samsung. Both models are 22inch and have exactly the same specification the only difference is one is newer and the older one has a pebble shaped case making it look like a television rather than a monitor. I found both monitors at various places for roughly the same price only the monitor with more expensive search results was the older and pebble shaped model. I also found that the monitor regarded as the most aesthetics was in fact the pebble.


I went with the newer model and after lots of searching found it for around £140. I preferred this style because it looks like a monitor not a television. This led me to believe that people do not always pay more for aesthetics over practicality. For example I paid less for a monitor that is regarded as less aesthetic and blend into the room and not be so noticeable even though it’s a large monitor.


Then I realized that I had in fact followed the norm of the modern consumer as my computer set up was fine as it was the graphics were a little set back and the monitor was not DVI but it worked. The only reason I bought the monitor was to make the GUI more aesthetic.

This leads me to believe that everything we buy has a direct relation to aesthetics weather we realize it at first or not. For whatever reason we are buying something we buy it with aesthetics in mind it has been this way since the 80’s this do I really need it oh well it looks pretty mentality that society has nowadays. I think people feel they need to express themselves through their belongings it allows us to show sides of our personality that we cant always show in general conversation.

Pixilation

So I had a go at pixilation last week and this is what I came up with. it's a lot harder than you I first thought it would be you have to be so patient and and make tiny movements with what ever it is you are animation, otherwise things appear to jump from place to place. I think I will definitely be giving this style of animation another go because it is very effective look. I do think my animation could have done with sound but I am still getting use to the software and in any case this is something I can experiment with in my own time so keep posted to see other ideas i come up with.