Blog post 2
Hidden assumptions?
Critical design introduced a notion of hidden assumption, which has always been there but not considered deeply and I was curious about what that could be. What I’ve been asked to think and solve was obvious problems that I would say they were rather ‘spoon-fed’ problems, smacked right on our faces. It was a challenge to come up with an idea — sustainability? People are aware of that fact. Global warming? All the news channels blabber about how polar bears are suffering at least once a week. I had to look around my surroundings and thought, ‘what about water shortage?’. I knew that it was not something new but I always thought that water can’t be there forever. Fresh water will disappear and lands will dry and that terrified me. It was rather weird that barely anyone noticed that water is the resource that could run out. It was the starting point for the project.
See the minority
It was about seeing the minority, looking into depth of micro world. What our world is built on is society of particles — we know that they exist but mostly don’t care and some even forget what they are. They are, of course, so small that nobody can see but they function and interact each other. This is the idea of hidden assumptions. If it’s there, there’s also a possibility that they can be changed. Once we realise its existence, potential is unlimited.
Against common sense
Realising hidden assumptions and projecting them on real life is a start signal of my future adventure. It is about breaking what I believed without any doubt and challenging myself. Roses are not always red and violets could be yellow. Awakening from my own boundaries and transcending restricted ideas will expand my sight — a true critical thinking will set me free. This actually helped me to shape the outline of the remaining projects — not only better lives project, but also other project. I felt as if I was stuck somewhere middle of my own thoughts and it made a small crack, letting me consider things in other perspectives. What have I been taking without any question? How come is that? What made me believe those? My journey has just begun.