I’ve tried to centre most of my blogging efforts around the industry I plan on entering: Women’s Products. Now this is a women’s product we should not overlook!
Good old Prozac, prescribed by my doctor for my “excellent capabilities to be depressed, anxious, and in a great state of denial” or something like that.
I’ve been more thankful than ever for these beautiful blue and white buddies of mine. Certainly would rather have them than a lobotomy! Which, in recollection, would have been the other option if I was born 50 or some years ago. OH how thankful I am for product design. Which now includes pharmaceuticals.
One of the GREAT design features of antidepressants is their ability to selectively target the serotonin system in the brain. Serotonin plays a role in regulating my mood, sleep, appetite, and ability to cope with day-to-day life. Antidepressants work by increasing the levels of serotonin in my brain, which helps alleviate symptoms of my depression and anxiety.
Reminding myself that my mother owns a pharmaceutical consulting company, which is making me now believe this whole thing could have been an inside job.
OH Hugh, how I’m betting you are regretting clicking on this post! The reality is I’m sitting next to Joe at 12:30 in the morning and asked him for an idea for “great design”. He responded, “Something you’re grateful for” (he didn’t really say that but it was the answer I was hoping for). Well, I can’t think of quite literally anything more relevant than the singular daily pill I take that effectively keeps me alive.
To be fair, they don’t really look like any other medication I have in my cabinet. Which I guess calls for further praise due to individuality. It’s a product I use every day, that stops me from doing a sidestep off of the subway platform on my way to university. Saving lives that little pill sure is doing, and conveniently as well!
It may not be the most aesthetic choice, but it certainly is a design that I am VERY thankful exists.