Date of Award
Spring 6-4-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Industrial Design
Department
Industrial Design
First Advisor
Charlotte McCurdy
Second Advisor
Jim Drain
Third Advisor
Erica Efstratoudakis
Abstract
What does it mean to adapt to a changing world?
Climate change is altering the world as we know it. We live in a chronic state of emergency. It’s easy to slip into a downward spiral of despair or ignore what we know to be true in order to carry on with our day-to-day responsibilities. By facilitating a complete recognition and heightened awareness of the common threats brought on by the climate crisis, we can begin to make the mental shift toward living in a new normal.
Ready Made, Made Ready rejects a dissociative attitude and seeks to shift exceptionalist feelings of entitlement to a focus on building resilience for the future. By merging mundane objects with emergency capabilities in a lifestyle collection entitled ICOE (In Case of Emergency), this work questions how to integrate elements of preparedness into our everyday lives and how to increase a sense of agency in a world where we lack control.
Recommended Citation
Benno, Dara, "Ready made, made ready: everyday objects for everyday emergency" (2022). Masters Theses. 912.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/912
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Comments
View exhibition online: Dara Benno, Ready Made, Made Ready