The Secret Life of Things is a set of short animated videos exploring the hidden environmental impacts of everyday things. Each video comes with a free pack of learning resources to inspire and engage budding designers and product developers with life cycle thinking and eco-design. Read more
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The first animation in the Secret Life of Things series, Life Pscycle-ology was released on 22 July 2010 as part of the Victorian State of Design Festival.
Life Pscycle-ology takes a humorous look at the life story of an unhappy mobile phone, who seeks therapy after his owner dumps him in favour of a new model.
Credits
Written by: Leyla Acaroglu, Nicholas Kallincos & Tim Grant
Script by: Leyla Acaroglu
Creative Director/Producer: Leyla Acaroglu
Animation Director / Animation: Nicholas Kallincos
Sound Design / recording / music: MonkeyMarc
Voices by: Leyla Acaroglu
Content Advisor: Tim Grant
With special thanks to: Jennifer O'Reilly & Caroline Neilson
To watch the animation on full screen go to the YouTube listing here
We are busily creating the second SLOT animation in the series and hope to have it ready by early 2011... Keep up to date with the progress of the next animation by joining our mailing list.
