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Every Boy Deserves a Swiss Army Knife

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for my design remix project, i was asked to redesign the swiss army knife. i ended up designing a positive male influence kit after find an article entitled, “every boy deserves a swiss army knife.” i asked what does a boy deserve now since it would not be kosher to give your child a knife. let’s be honest, your child just might be kicked out of school for having one. the knife that i designed was completely made out of felt so there physically harmless. each blade was laser cut and etched with gi joe public service announcements. my personal favorite being, “blind kids can find lost kittens too.” o gi joe!

China Design Now Data

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176, 500, 000 MOTOR VEHICLES
300, 000, 000 BICYCLES
87, 800, 000 ONLINE SHOPPERS
338, 000, 000 INTERNET USERS
47, 000, 000 BLOGGERS
547, 000, 000 CELL PHONE USERS
62, 900, 000 BOOKS PUBLISHED
30, 400, 000 MAGAZINES ISSUED
438, 000, 000 NEWSPAPERS ISSUED
402 FEATURE FILMS
3, 127 TV STATIONS
118 MEGALOPOLISES
530, 000, 000 URBAN DWELLERS
75 SQ. FT. PER CAPITA  (LIVING SPACE)

i’ve been by the china design now show at the portland art museum a couple of times (if you haven’t gone, i highly suggest that you do). however, this time i decided to focus on the factual information on the wall, which was quite astounding. i don’t know the background or research processes behind this data but interesting how these facts try to reflect the enormity of china.