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International Baccalaureate
Visual Arts Extended Essay
November 2010
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Squeeeeze. 11 May 2004. DeviantArt. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ii ........................................................................................ Abstract
1 .................................................................................. Introduction
2 ........................................................................................ Emotion
9 ........................................................................... Industrialisation
11 ........................................................................................ Survey
18 ................................................................................. Conclusion
21 ................................................................................. References
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INTRODUCTION
My admiration for design and art has always led me to ponder the
debate design ‘is design art?’ I always believed that visual arts is a
design and art is varied, it has made me question – what is art and
functional properties?
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"Art." The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language.
4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt, 2000. Print.
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emotional senses and also coexist with its functional purposes that
art are based on the distinct separations of function and form. The
that both design for function and design for aesthetics are two
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Wood, Allen W. "Art and Genius." Kant. Malden: Blackwell Publishing
Ltd., 2005. 165. Print.
Kant, Immanuel. "44: Of Beautiful Art." Critique of the Power of
Judgement. Ed. Paul Guyer. Trans. Paul Guyer and Eric Matthews. 1790.
N.p.: Cambridge, 2000. N.pag. Print.
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EMOTION
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"Definition of Design." The International Council of Societies of
Industrial Design. N.p., 2009. Web. 14 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.icsid.org/about/about/articles31.htm>.
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Popovic, Vesna. Chamorro-Koc, Marianella. Wrigley, Cara. Visceral
Hedonic Rhetoric: Designing for the Visceral. MS thesis. Queensland
University of Technology, 2008. Brisbane: n.p., 2008. PDF file.
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Green, William S., and Patrick W. Jordan. "Product Appearance and
Consumer Pleasure." Pleasure with
Products: Beyond Usability. London: CRC, 2002. N. pag. Print.
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Wrigley, Cara. E-mail interview. 12 Nov. 2009.
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Figure 28
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Kitchen Craft Citrus Fruit Squeezer. 1 Mar. 2004. Amazon. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2010. <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitchen-Craft-
Plastic-Citrus squeezer/dp/B0001IWVVC>.
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situated in the middle so when the juice is squeezed out of the fruit
the seeds and pulp from the juice, as it travels to the lipped bowl
citrus squeezer and the citrus fruit illustrates a visual cue in regards
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Figure 39
associates the buyer with a distinctive, alluring feel and colour that
attractive than the typical colour choices among kitchen wares. This
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CHARM lemon-squeezer. N.d. IKEA. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.ikea.com/au/en/catalog/products/30083249>.
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Subsequently, not only does the sleek form and bold colour result in
marketing function.
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"The IKEA Concept: Intro." Inter IKEA System B.V. N.p., 2009. Web.
2 Apr. 2010.
<http://franchisor.ikea.com/showContent.asp?swfId=concept1>.
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"The IKEA Concept: Concept." Inter IKEA System B.V. N.p., 2009.
Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
<http://franchisor.ikea.com/showContent.asp?swfId=concept2>.
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Figure 412
and design. The space between the three gangling legs provides a
when squeezed. The upside-down tear drop is round at the top, thus
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the joints between the main body and legs, as well as, the deep
ridges within the main body collect the fluids; therefore, less juice is
effective. The use of aluminium (or gold/black for the limited edition)
purposes with minimal power and with far greater efficiency than
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P. Lloyd, and Snelders D. "What Was Philippe Starck Thinking of?"
Design Studies 24.3 (2003): 251. Print.
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Chichester, Lewis S. Lemon-Squeezer. Patent 28,967. 3 July 1860.
United States Patent and Trademark Office. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Jan.
2010. <http://patimg2.uspto.gov/ .piw?
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the study of the three citrus squeezers, it is evident that Juicy Salif’s
objective for his Juicy Salif is mainly its aesthetic value, and
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%2526OS=PN/28967%2526RS=PN/28967>.
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INDUSTRIALISATION
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together as one instead15. Therefore, one can say that the non-
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Carter, Amanda. "Biography." Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright
Foundation , n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
<http://www.cmgww.com/historic/flw/bio.html>.
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Scott, Andrew. E-mail interview. 16 Nov. 2009.
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SURVEY
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District (CBD)
Suburban Brisbane’s Garden City
More Educationally Developed Sydney’s Queen Street
Less Educationally Developed Brisbane’s Woolooga Road
(Gympie)
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SECTION ONE:
Which product does the physical appearance appeal to you?
SECTION TWO:
Does the product you chose in section one still appeal to you; if not,
which one does now?
Would you still buy the product you chose in section one; if not
which one would you buy now?
SECTION THREE:
Does the price change your mind to which product you would buy; if
so, which one you would buy now?
Figure 4
Figure 5
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Figure 6
Sydney’s Queen
Street Photo Product Price
more educationally
advanced
Juicy Salif 7 7 5
CHARM 3 3 5
No Brand 0 0 0
Brisbane’s CBD
urban Photo Product Price
Juicy Salif 7 6 4
CHARM 3 4 6
No Brand 0 0 0
Brisbane’s Gympie
less educationally Photo Product Price
advanced
Juicy Salif 5 5 1
CHARM 4 5 4
No Brand 1 0 5
survey, seen in Figure 5. The investigation was split into three parts
evident that they are all produced for the same function – to extract
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suggesting the actual object does not appeal to the consumers due
price tag with a possibility for great value for money is the approach
Many people appreciated the form and function of Juicy Salif. This is
in the area of Photo and Product in all four locations. In other words,
changed their opinion in each location and went for the cheaper
Stark’s Juicy Salif; it can be said that the appearance of Juicy Salif is
the purpose of its invention, thus its function, and is viewed through
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similar to those from Juicy Salif. Conversely, when the prices of all
surveyors valued and chose CHARM at the end. This illustrates that
be squeezed with ease for a reasonable price. Juicy Salif being the
the data collected that at the end of the survey, many people
MARCEL DUCHAMP
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"The IKEA Concept: Concept." Inter IKEA System B.V. N.p., 2009.
Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
<http://franchisor.ikea.com/showContent.asp?swfId=concept2>.
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Figure 518
His famous Fountain made in 1917 (as seen in Figure 5), introduced
and globalisation.
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Stieglitz, Alfred. Fountain. 1917. Marcel Duchamp. Wikipedia. Web.
9 May 2010.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain_%28Duchamp%29#cite_note-0>.
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three citrus squeezers used for this investigation. Juicy Salif, the well
that this visceral design’s function is not to simply squeeze juice out
lifestyle, and placing them within a new context. Juicy Salif truly
CONCLUSION
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Norman, Donald Arthur. Emotional Design. New York: Basic Books,
2005. 114. Print.
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the nature of aesthetic and function are not the same and are
not parallel. Rather, both concepts intersect and overlap each other
and one cannot exist without the other. I propose this because, as
changing our lifestyles, it seems that both concepts can not exist
then ultimately, design and art coexists. It can not be said that
art.
collected for the purpose of this essay, I found that there is a grey
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current moment, function has more than one definition, allowing our
this context, where a large audience has been surveyed, only Stark
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emotions and sensually excite the audience, thus, items are truly
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REFERENCES
Primary Sources:
Secondary Sources:
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"The IKEA Concept: Concept." Inter IKEA System B.V. N.p., 2009.
Web. 2 Apr. 2010.
<http://franchisor.ikea.com/showContent.asp?swfId=concept2>.
"The IKEA Concept: Intro." Inter IKEA System B.V. N.p., 2009. Web. 2
Apr. 2010.
<http://franchisor.ikea.com/showContent.asp?swfId=concept1>.
Images:
Figure 4: Juicy Salif. N.d. Alessi. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2010.
<http://www.alessi.com/en/3/1055/ kitchen-accessories/juicy-
salif-citrus squeezer>.
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