WANT is an interactive (anti) retail experience created by the the University of Washington’s Environmental Design class. The exhibit is designed to make learning about saving money a pleasurable experience. Actual goods are replaced with lookalike objects that preach the benefits of thrift. It’s an interesting subversion, encoding a message at-odds with the inherent nature of the retail environment.
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Excellent, it´s our time as customers.
March 27th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Brilliant… have recently heard little girl at supermarket… “mum, but I neeeeeed it” pointing to a pink made in China completely overpriced possibly last 2 months before it falls apart fashionista styled for 4 year olds plastic bag. Complete with ruffles and bows to make it look attractive and useful for four year olds who really do neeeeed that sort of thing.
March 28th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
This is not the attitude America needs at least until the economy gets back on its feet.
April 6th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
dfg wrote: “This is not the attitude America needs at least until the economy gets back on its feet.”
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umm but wouldn’t that be the same overspending and reliance on credit that caused this whole mess in the first place?
April 10th, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Better check your facts! Consumer spending or use of credit cards didn’t cause this mess.
It was over speculation by the big wigs that got stock prices to rise far above their “real” value then cashed in their chip or Stocks if you will, while the getting was good. They made huge profits while the common folks who had their money invested by some managers of their 401k’s where left holding the Bag so to speak. Just like the over speculation of oil prices. They buy the stock at a given price and as the stock price increases the wait for their moment and cash out making huge profits. In the mean time the price of gas has gone up making everyone pay more at the pump but in reality nothing has changed. The amount of gas available is the same. So how losses? Those speculators who bought when the market was near the top and didn’t sell fast enough to make a profit because the price fell below their buying point. Now they either hang on to the stock and hope it will go up again or sell at a loss.
It was the same with the housing market but in that case you had alot of people over appraising the housing market on purpose so that they could get a cut of the action. What they did was outright illegal in alot of cases!
June 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm