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Date Issued:
2010
Summary:
The intention of this exhibition is to educate the viewer about the hidden impacts that result from simple choices of consumption. This is a critique of the materials economy and the responsibilities of the designers, consumers and industries that contributed to its success. The critique is expressed through four dominant and unsustainable consumer products: water bottles, plastic shopping bags, cigarette filters and farm chemicals, as each has its own specific story of consumption. The form is derived from manufacturing history, statistical data, and profiles of consumer behaviors. Graphic design is utilized in both formal and non-formal methods with the goal of communicating specific messages to the viewer as they progress through the exhibition space.
Title: Consumed: simple choices, complex problems.
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Name(s): Shimpeno, Peter David.
Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Date Issued: 2010
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Physical Form: electronic
Extent: x, 48 p. : ill. (some col.)
Language(s): English
Summary: The intention of this exhibition is to educate the viewer about the hidden impacts that result from simple choices of consumption. This is a critique of the materials economy and the responsibilities of the designers, consumers and industries that contributed to its success. The critique is expressed through four dominant and unsustainable consumer products: water bottles, plastic shopping bags, cigarette filters and farm chemicals, as each has its own specific story of consumption. The form is derived from manufacturing history, statistical data, and profiles of consumer behaviors. Graphic design is utilized in both formal and non-formal methods with the goal of communicating specific messages to the viewer as they progress through the exhibition space.
Identifier: 705369963 (oclc), 2979381 (digitool), FADT2979381 (IID), fau:3603 (fedora)
Note(s): by Peter David Shimpeno.
Thesis (M.F.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2010.
Includes bibliography.
Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject(s): Consumption (Economics) -- Moral and ethical aspects
Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects
Environmental ethics
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/2979381
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Host Institution: FAU