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Karim Rashid - Designer:
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Am I playing a game to show that I can differentiate [myself from other designers] Karim Rashid - Designer:
? Or am I actually really doing something that is contributive? Because the big issue with design is: are the things we are doing really making an effect and making change? 78% of the world is completely impractical; 78% of the world is uncomfortable. You feel it. You know, you feel that hotel rooms are poorly designed, you sit in chairs that are very uncomfortable and it's crazy. You imagine, if you design a million chairs to date, or how many chairs have been done in the world, why on Earth would we have an uncomfortable chair? There's like no excuse, whatsoever
[...]
Am I playing a game to show that I can differentiate [myself from other designers] Karim Rashid - Designer:
? Or am I actually really doing something that is contributive? Because the big issue with design is: are the things we are doing really making an effect and making change? 78% of the world is completely impractical; 78% of the world is uncomfortable. You feel it. You know, you feel that hotel rooms are poorly designed, you sit in chairs that are very uncomfortable and it's crazy. You imagine, if you design a million chairs to date, or how many chairs have been done in the world, why on Earth would we have an uncomfortable chair? There's like no excuse, whatsoever
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else and every other designer And am I playing a game to show I can differentiate
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or am I actually really doing something that is contributive Because the big issue with design is
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are the things we are doing really making an affect and making change
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78 of the world is completely impractical 78 of the world is uncomfortable You feel it
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You feel that hotel rooms are poorly designed you sit in chairs that are very uncomfortable
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And it's craziness Imagine that if you design a million chairs to date or however many chairs have
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been done in the world why on earth should we have an uncomfortable chair
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There's no excuse whatsoever
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Movie Summary
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
