Power of Context and IED

So how does the Power of Context relate to IED? This mind map gives some examples.
This task really added to my understanding of the chapter, and it makes you think about how the two subjects are interlinked. The way different situations affect personality is important, as this is true in different projects, groups and spaces. Designers need to be adaptable to their projects and clients and adopt different responsobilities for these, just as the guards and prisoners had to do in the prison experiment in this chapter. The understanding of background and social class is also an important area, as designers must have a full understanding of their client, regardless of their class or background. For example the Peckham library in London, which was mentioned in the lecture with Mike Press. The designers of this would have had to study the backgrounds and social groups of the people who the library was for. After doing this they discovered that kids in the area needed somewhere to study, but also eat. So the decision was made to change the usual library rules and allow food and drinks. Change, and breaking the rules, may originally be thought of as a risk - but is it a risk that should be taken? Opportunity is opportunity, whatever the situation, and it is people making the most of opportunity and taking risks that creates the changes in ideas, fashion and trends that are needed.