Recently, I read this book called Uglies. I rarely have the time to read non-fiction books, but I finally read this entire novel from start to finish in one day, mainly due to the fact that I was sitting through jury duty and I had nothing else to do. =) But I'm glad that I was forced to read that book that I've been itching to read since I bought it a year ago for it was a really good book.
The story is about a society obsessed with being perfect and how everyone goes through a forced cosmetic operation after their sixteenth birthday to become a pretty. Then they would move to the part of town where the pretties live and play. All they do all day is party and do things that pretty people do. I know this sounds stupid, but it take place in a futuristic society where kids get around town on hoverboards, everything that you can possibly need would pop out of the walls, and authorities keep track of you through an interface ring that you are forced to wear.
While I was reading the part of the story where the main character, Tally, describes what it is like to be in New Pretty Town, I couldn't help but to think about how they lived. What do their homes look like? What does their furniture look like? What kind of art are they into (if they are even into art)? What do their cocktail napkins look like? Or what kind of clothes do they wear?
The imagery that came to mind made me want to start designing things that look futuristic, clean, metallic, sleek, and beautiful. It made me want to create something that they would've used or found aesthetically appealing. Somehow, their society was also environmentally conscious, so whatever I designed, it not only had to be very sleek and modern, but organic at the same time.
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