For this assignment we were instructed to create a physical representation of consumption. I chose to use a typical dinner style setting, with the clock face representing a plate and time all at once. Atop the clock face you have three modes of transportation based on how commonplace they were and how they were once the peak for that period of time. Firstly the bicycle, everyone's first wheeled transportation that is entirely dependent on the rider for propulsion. Next in line is a Volkswagen Beetle, the single most recognizable car for most of the world, and the single most produced car on earth, with the car continuously made from 1945-2003. Finally, we have a Hummer. The hummer was considered excessive when it came out, and for many if you drove one it was thought of as a form of compensation for one thing or another. Each represents a specific era and all three share a single common trait aside from the blatantly obvious: They all had use in the military. Bicycles were used by runners from the front lines to base camps very early on, Beetles were used by the Germans in WWII because of their relative ease to maintain and the fact they could tough out 99% of the terrain the battles took place on, and the Hummer is used by the US Military to this day because it is fitted with heavy steel plating on all of its sides and could technically be considered a light tank in terms of its armor classification.
