Hana Lanzkowsky
Int. Seminar 2
Bridge 1
February 8, 2019
The Systems of Objects
The Metrocard was created in 1993 by Raymond deKozan and since then has been very helpful in New Yorkers daily commutes helping people get to work and see friends across the city. The Metrocard enables you to use the subway system. The subway system is a system of trains that are part of the transportation system. The subway can transport you from place to place throughout the city. It connects the five boroughs of New York easily and the Metrocard makes it possible. This card allows you to pay $2.75 for you train ride just by sliding it through a scanner and going through a turnstile. The card can be refilled with money at every subway station and can be reused until expired. The money paid for the ride goes toward funding the MTA. With the money that goes towards the MTA it benefits the travel system. The funding keeps the subway system efficient, safe, and clean for users. If this system didn’t run as smoothly as it does it would make the New York transportation system collapse.
The Macbook Pro is the computer invented in 2006 by the founder of Apple Steve Jobs. Since its invention, it has almost been a crucial necessity. The amount of systems this computer created for is part of is endless because of its many uses. One of its biggest and main uses is the ability to connect to the internet. With apps on the Macbook like Safari and Google Chrome the ability to use the internet on the easier and faster. The internet’s ability to connect to different sites and people makes communication to people all over the globe. With social media websites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. The Macbook Pro also continues to make communication a priority with apps like iMessage and FaceTime. These apps allow you to speak with friends and family from all over and makes connecting with people so easy. One more system that the Macbook pro is known for is design. With the Adobe products like Photoshop and Illustrator and the touch screen toolbar designers can use them to make their work move swifter and enables them to create. Each system is related to each other and is works together in most computers.
Copic markers are a very well known art supply in the art world. They were created by two companies, Too Corporations and Magic Markers in 1987. Copic markers are alcohol based markers that come in unique colors. The markers are refillable and are double-sided. They come in differently shaped brush nibs for a variety of different techniques and styles. Copic Markers are known for their ability to shade and create depth. Artists use these to create pieces like comics and illustrations. These markers are used by both aspiring artists and professionals. They are part of the art system because they are tools used to create art and function as ways to express creativity which also relates to the communication system. Art can communicate whatever the artist is trying to express which makes art apart of this system of communication. As Copic Markers being part of creating art and having the ability to not only draw but write Copic markers are also part of the communication system.
Oliver Peoples glasses are unique and handcrafted to help make lens-wear fashionable. The Oliver People brand was established in 1987 by Ken Schwartz and Larry Leight to improve upon glasses. Glasses are designed to give the ability of almost perfect sight for the people who do not have this luxury. These lenses are part of the medical system and by correcting a medical problem. Poor vision is a very common problem and glasses are needed to help. With this being a corrective solution to an everyday problem, designers needed to create glasses for the ability to wear them every day. Oliver Peoples designers design glasses so they are fashionable and so people would be comfortable wearing them every day. The fashion system is a system that makes people comfortable and confident to express themselves by wearing clothing and accessories and glasses are no exception especially those of Oliver Peoples. The designers try and create a vintage aesthetic for their brand and so people can complete their aesthetic with their glasses. Glasses are an everyday object that most people need and the designers of Oliver Peoples improved upon the medical system that most people associate glasses with by making them also apart of the fashion system.
The Fjallraven is a Swedish company was created in 1960 by Ake Nordin. Nordin created Fjallraven to design their Kanken Backpack to be a better backpack then ones created before it. Backpacks have always been part of the packing and transportation system. These bags, like most bags, are made for packing things into a bag for easy transport. Backpacks have been used for a long time and each company tries to improve it. Fjallraven creates fashionable bags in a multitude of colors and sizes. Their backpacks have a rectangular shape with all straight sides and edges. This was the decided design because the designer Ake Nordin noticed that the straight design kept the back of the wearer straight which led to less back pain when carrying a heavy bag. This concept improved upon the two systems that backpacks were known for by allowing the bag to have less of a strain on the back so you can hold more things and be more productive in transporting. With the Kankens variety of colors and slick design, the backpack is both functional and fashionable.
Sources:
https://theidleman.com/blogs/style/history-fjallraven-kanken-bags
https://www.6sqft.com/the-history-of-the-new-york-city-metrocard/
https://precisionwatches.com/the-history-of-oliver-peoples-eyewear/
https://copic.jp/en/about/history/
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3157371/apple-mac/the-evolution-of-the-macbook.html
