I50 INTER D 175 Chapter Body: Body Reflection Notes
19 Aug 2018
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One important lesson that stuck with me through this section was how the best designs consider the people using them. That design, in this sense, is used as a tool to accomplish empathy in that a designer must feel for the consumer or audience they are creating for. Furthermore, i learned that through this idea of design as an active form of empathy the products and designs that surround us are often particularly meant for us. This is where the third lesson that resonated for me came as we also talked about how we are conditioned to the designs that surround us. The biggest connection i found between the lectures and the lab was surrounding balance. Physically speaking, the talk about parkinson"s disease demonstrated how the act of exercise, specifically tango, generally improved people"s balance. Metaphorically speaking, the lecture over the body demonstrated how we can find balance or well-being with the body through acts like sleeping, eating, and socializing.
