Comments on: Designer pickup trucks

By: Amnon Levav

Amnon Levav — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:34:15 +0000

I thought it was pretty cool to notice this phenomenon and to try to figure it out. What i also found interesting is that in our mindset of today it seems obvious to look for an explanation in terms of “market”, “branding” and other related terms. They all suppose a pretty rational and may i say greedy outlook on life. When researchers and explorers first saw the colorful works of art of indigenous people in Guatemala or even the same Bedouins’ ornaments 100 years ago, they probably framed the question in anthropoligical terms - what does it mean in terms of the roles in the tribe, what does one communicate with the artwork, etc. It was less obvious, i believe, that one should necessarily look for an economic “upside”.
Yesterday I walked a few blocks to throw away some newspapers in a recycling container. What was i gaining from it? In the big picture i was saving the planet, of course, but more directly wasnt i just trying to feel good with myself? Feel proud of something i do? Is that maybe what’s driving (oops) the truck drivers?

By: yossi ashkenazi

yossi ashkenazi — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:41:48 +0000

assuming it is cover and not the side of the track it self.
i think they have used division and i will explain.
every time they come to the site to upload the track they have to take the cover off.and when it is loaded they put it back.
it looks like it made by a few pieces(division) so the design help them to put it back in order(like a puzzle).and if there are some tracks around the area they can find there cover easily.

By: Fabian Szulanski

Fabian Szulanski — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:10:45 +0000

Here goes an answer that comes to my SIT learner’s mind:
Task unification of differentiation between truck fleets and their increased visibility in eventual sand storms?