Among all the projects exhibited in the museum, Ezri Tarazi and Yves Behar's impressed me the most: not only because the projects are interrelated to my interest but also because the designers embedded the cultural references in the designs.
Both Costa Rica and Yunnan communities have an economic reliance on their natural resources: cacao and bamboo. People live with the nature as well as live on it. However there are issues in the community. Deforestation and forest degradation, for instance, are issues in Yunnan and not having a fair size of market is an issue in Costa Rica. Tarazi and Behar understood the community and were concerned about the existing issues. To solve the problem, developing the sustainable economy further is necessary.
The starting points may be similar, Tarazi and Behar, however, took the different approaches. Tarazi expanded the application of bamboo, trying to enlarge the use of it. Behar, instead, focused on packaging and the accesorial tool, hoping to market the organic cocoa. The designs themselves are perceived differently as well. Tarazi emphasized the physical characters of the material in his design , whereas Behar referred a lot of the indigenous custom, cocoa drink preparing, to his design.
I appreciate both of their designs and perspectives but I would like the products to be more user interactive. I would provide the users an experience as well as a functional product: a product can be used physically, can be admired visually, and can be experienced with other senses.
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