Objectified

"Objectified" was an interesting documentary, but you should know what you're getting into. It's about design, not ergonomics. The keyboard which has the bent, boomerang shape is ergonomic. It's made to be compatible with human hands. Design is whether the keyboard is black with flat, square keys or whether it's white with indented keys. "Objectified" has little to do with engineering and more to do with our emotional reaction to objects. It's not about why the $50 Williams-Sonoma egg whisk is better than the $3 Wal-Mart egg whisk. It's about why we'd pay for one and not the other. What were they thinking when they designed that pretentious European furniture at the gallery when it isn't any more comfortable than the chairs at Big Lots? Why did we buy this tie and not that one, since neither one serves a practical purpose? The movie is esoteric, not scientific. It makes it harder to understand, but ultimately, I found the 76 minutes to be thought-provoking and worthwhile.