The Symposium in the course

So, we had done the symposium. I felt nervous, but I finished finally. It was a nice experience.

The main topic of this symposium is ‘I buy to belong’. We should talking something about this and make it relate to our projects. My topic is ‘From Curiosity to Addiction – why to buy, belong to what. I started with a case study – smoking, which was about my project. Then I talked about my thinking about curiosity and addiction in normal buying. I feel curious to want to own goods, then I belong to a member of group to support some designers. It seems that this idea is abstract, but it exists in the society. We don’t realize this sometimes. Maybe it can be understood as someone is a member of LV. He/She has a partiality for products of LV. This situation sometimes can be said as a ‘addiction’. Because the concept is abstract and time is limited, so maybe my presentation is not so successful. However, I enjoy sharing this with others.

My classmates also shared their ideas about ‘I buy to belong’. They also combined this with their projects. For me, I gained a lot of new ideas about ‘I buy to belong’. Actually, I think if we could make our topics combine together, it would be better. Anyway, this symposium is successful.

Addiction

This work is made by Anthony. He said people used this kind of packet to pack cocaine. He chose the beatuiful pictures to be the surface of the packet, which were attracted. Is this packet as a symbol of addiction? Anyway, I found something about the symposium from this work. These little packets inspired me.

That is, what the meaning of addiction? Drug, Cigarettes, Alcole will make people have addiction. However, this is just something make your body want. What about general goods? Can they make us be addicted to? What the meaning of addiction here?  

'I buy to belong' -- Symposium

Now, we are going to have symposium whose topic is ‘I buy to belong’. What is ‘I buy to belong’ mean? It is likely explaining the progress of consuming. How can I combine my project with this topic? Maybe I can think about the progress of people start smoking. At first, people just want to try the feeling of smoking. This is pushed by curiosity of people. If people continued to smoke, they would be addicted to nicotine. The ‘buy’ is because of curiosity? Then belong what? People who continue to smoke belong to smokers. Maybe I can think about this and make it clear.

Thinking about Symposium

My project is about smoking, then another word comes out - addiction. I searched this kind of symposiums on the internet. Most of them are talking about drug or alcohol addiction. Some of them are talking about smoking addiction, but I can't find much information. This is a video about addiction.

Actually, it is hard to combine addiction with design and this topic is not so interesting. However, I think before addiction, it is curiosity to push us to try something. Everyone has curiosity and it can help us to explore. I think it is a interesting topic for me to talk about in the Symposium. I need to do more research about it.