The Shop

My Specialist Project:

We have all been affected by the global

financial meltdown, and this has made me

question whether design has been positively

affected by the forced simplification of graphics and color.

Will we learn from the mistakes made that

have lead to this global crisis?

We generally turn to budget living and No Name products when times are financially tough.

However as soon as we get a little rope we hang ourselves as it is straight back to luxurious living and shopping for high end brands. Is this a

vicious cycle that is too comfortable to break causing us to destroy everything, and

consequently self destruct?

The Shop is a futuristic value store in the year 2045, stocking what may be regular daily items if we do not accept responsibility for our

actions and react. The Shop has been designed to make a social comment and serve as a

warning to mankind.

If we do not learn from our mistakes is this where we could be heading?

“If we can recognize that change

and uncertainty are basic principles,

we can greet the future and the

transformatioin we are undergoing

with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.”

Hazel Henderson - Economist