The pursuit of fun, one of the natural desires of human being, has been part of our lives and culture in the form of various types of play. Especially in the modern society, fun has become a way of reacting to the pressures coming from living in a com...
The pursuit of fun, one of the natural desires of human being, has been part of our lives and culture in the form of various types of play. Especially in the modern society, fun has become a way of reacting to the pressures coming from living in a complex society and providing joy and happiness to everyday life.In design, this pursuit of fun, as a cultural aspect since the ancient time, is the communication medium that expresses the virtue of people and the source of creativity that brings amusement to the consumers. The concept of ‘fun design’, a new trend in consumer pattern with the characteristics of amusement, adds ‘fun’ to the functionality of a product. At the same time, ‘fun marketing’ strategy that sells a product and fun together has become the direction of major corporate strategies eliminating the clear distinction between work and leisure.Also in fashion design, which generally reflects the latest trend in culture, this idea of mixing fun with product is very noticeable in various areas such as graffiti, formation of character, barrowing of object, breaking the existing condition, paradox, and imitation that successfully deliver the message of the designer by appealing to the consumers and their nature towards fun. Graffiti is a primitive action of fun while character reflects the childhood memory. barrowing of object, which is a new type of play, displays post-modernistic amusement, and breaking the existing condition, influenced by deconstructionism, takes the form of deformation and an optical illusion. Paradox brings fun by juxtaposing, and imitation of image can be seen as a parody.‘Fun design’ has become the key aspect of design industry with the potential of growing into world trend and cultural phenomenon. It is suggested to take more interest in fun aspects of our culture and characteristics in order to develop creativity in the area of design.