Video Reflection No.2 The Story of Stuff

In the series of The Story of Stuff videos directed by Annie Leonards, several concepts such as consumers, governments and production are brought together and discussed. the presenter talks about the link between the several poles and how they affect one another and the world in general.

The Story of Electronics is also a very interesting video discussing the world of electronics, their importance in our life and their quick product life cycle. There is always a challenge of keeping the balance between  a reasonable life cycle for products and manufacturer profit making . Regarding this topic, I could say that as a designer it would be difficult to maintain that balance. As a future designer i also agree with the video on try to use non-toxic materials in the manufacture of our everyday products.

The Story of Cosmetics demonstrated the power of governments and big companies decide the products which get distributed in the markets. As a designer I could wonder about how manufacturing companies can be very clever at creating a wonderful display of their products which are actually toxic and poisonous.

The very interesting thing about these set of videos is that it demonstrates how everything we do in the world is somehow related and that by performing operations we think of as improvements to our world is  actually destroying it. Whats visually appealing about the videos is the use of simple drawings paired with great presentation skills of the presenter which make a very engaging set of videos.