Living Reflections
The Truth About Lies: A Graphic Exploration of Lies and Truth
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Lisa Winstanley
This paper documents the research methodologies and subsequent multifaceted outcomes of an in-depth visual study of lies and truth. Using graphic design as medium the fundamental aim of this project was to contribute to the visual understanding of society’s propensity to lie and equally its inability to accurately detect deceit in others. The Central Messages this project aimed to communicate, were: i) We all lie: It is fundamentally ingrained in our nature and a necessary part of our society’s structure. ii) We are all quick to judge: no matter how much we lie ourselves, there is a social paradox that forces us to negatively label those who are deemed liars. This project was structured into two imbricating layers. Foremost, an online, anonymous confessional platform and secondly, the creation of an art book – The Big Book of Bullshit; content for which was predominantly derived from the aforementioned website. Typographic, illustrative and photographic artefacts, were created as a result, all inspired by these confessions of deception. With the intention of persuading or manipulating the viewer into making decisions pertaining to the artwork’s legitimacy; thus, allowing the viewer to investigate their own preconceived notions of deception and forcing a dialogue of questioning and examination.
Set the Table : A Project for Interdisciplinary Design of Food Packaging for Elderly People
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session Anna Marie Fisker, Anna Eva Heilmann, Nini Bagger
What motivated us in the project ‘Set the Table’ (Bord Dæk Dig) is improving the life quality for elderly people. Our goal is to answer whether we by a design practice can develop models for solutions that not only offers an improvement in the life quality of elders through a good meal experience, but also improves their desire to eat. Factors like impaired senses, the development of illness or the loss of a partner all contribute to a reduced desire for buying, cooking and eating food, which is why foodservice is an excellent and indeed necessary offer. In Denmark, the food produced for the elderly is generally at a good standard and chefs are constantly working to improve and create the best possible food offer, but what happens when the food has been prepared and transported, how does it end up presented at the table in each individual home? In our work, we use the method of the interdisciplinary collaboration between science - a university, and praxis - a design company and a catering facility. With special focus on "user inclusion” - not only the direct users represented by the present and future elderly, but also the inclusion of the broader public and businesses. We will present the innovation model developed in our research, thus our paper operates with both the social sources and the social effects of design practice in the context of public welfare.
