Shiyang he, a designer in advertising agency Ogilvy’s Beijing office, has created a series of ads for the Shenyang Center For Psychological Research, which highlight the detrimental effects smartphones can have on human relationships.
The three ads show typical home-life situations, with an oversized smartphone in the middle blocking any conversation between the two people in the image.
Shiyang is not the only one worried about increasing levels of smartphone addiction. In fact, bored pandas are too. Last year, one of our readers submitted a series of photos called The Death Of Conversation, in which he created a photo-gallery depicting smartphone users glued to their devices.
We also created a series of cartoons about how smartphones have altered our lives, not necessarily for the better.
The caption at the bottom of the image reads “The More You Connect, The Less You Connect” – do you agree?
More info: Behance
Images credits: Oglivy (for the Center For Psychological Research, Shenyang)
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Share on FacebookPeople don't like it because that would be admitting it to themselves, that this actually happens in their lives.
Load More Replies...The smart phone could easily be substituted for a newspaper, which too easily dilutes the message.
Often times when I go to dinner or out with friends I start to notice how we will all be on the phone at one time and how horrible it must look. We try to put our phones in the center of the table or keep them concealed as much as possible. Great ad!
Stolen concept, here is where it come from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ae0tzVo8Fw
Powerful images. The reactions to the sentence ,,I don't have a (smart) phone are alarming and I wish more people would see these pictures.
Even the BoredPanda from header is so connected instead of looking at the trees.
This is so true, the more we "technologize" the more forgetful we become on the human need for affection, communication, touch and other pertinent needs we need to sustain us. This cannot be obtained by gadgets!
People don't like it because that would be admitting it to themselves, that this actually happens in their lives.
Load More Replies...The smart phone could easily be substituted for a newspaper, which too easily dilutes the message.
Often times when I go to dinner or out with friends I start to notice how we will all be on the phone at one time and how horrible it must look. We try to put our phones in the center of the table or keep them concealed as much as possible. Great ad!
Stolen concept, here is where it come from : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ae0tzVo8Fw
Powerful images. The reactions to the sentence ,,I don't have a (smart) phone are alarming and I wish more people would see these pictures.
Even the BoredPanda from header is so connected instead of looking at the trees.
This is so true, the more we "technologize" the more forgetful we become on the human need for affection, communication, touch and other pertinent needs we need to sustain us. This cannot be obtained by gadgets!
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