Above the Sony PSP one of my favourite designed items, from how it looks and how it feels, to the features it offers. This is a great example of 21st century technology.
Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than to function well?
With so many different companies and rivals, the consumer has many choices they can make in regards to which product they choose. As a result the product we choose has to do so many different things and live up to so many different expectations. It’s not just enough for the product to function well. With all the technology now on offer our needs are becoming even harder to satisfy. As a result the companies are constantly increasing the technology that products can now on offer. We now as consumers with so many different accessories and products on offer will always warm to a product which can offer more than what we need, for example that all phones now come with cameras. We could just have kept a phone for its standard and original use but as a nation we require more from are technology and as a result phones now come with cameras.
Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?
This I feel comes down largely to the influences of society. Society deems all the new gadgets to be a must have item. This is a result of what the media can do to a consumer as well by portraying these items as must have items. Though we don’t necessarily need a top of the range phone, media and society can make it seem like you do with all the celebrities and role models they have endorsing there products the consumer feels they need to be part of this and in most cases is prepared to shell out large amounts of money to become part of it and feel as though they have not being left behind. As a result the more appealing a item is, the more we feel we need to have it.
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