Addicted Products by Simon Rebaudengo
Link - http://www.simonerebaudengo.com/project/addictedproducts
I was inspired by the idea that the toasters needed to be kept happy by being used. I wanted to capture the same idea where the technology we are using has its own needs that need to be met that is more important than your needs.
I wanted to capture the spirit of animism in my project. The lamp has its own desires, and also “feels”. I also wanted it to be unpredictable - people get angry for no reason too. I really wanted to imbue as many “human” characteristics into the lamp as I could.
I also initially started with the AIBO (https://us.aibo.com) in mind, which is where the friendship aspect came from. I wanted to explore where people draw the line for friendship and treating things as "alive". If we program it to have feelings, does that change how we treat it?
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