Step 1: The object is four different colors, red, grey, and has white and blue text written on it. The object is round at it’s edges, and has a rounded lid that can be put on or off. It is made out of plastic. There is a piece of plastic at the base of the object that can be twisted, which in turn, pushes different wax like material out of the top. The wax like material is a green blue and has a fresh scent to it.

Step 2: Since the object is used out of hard plastic on the outside, but is surrounding a wax like substance. I can assume that this is a container of some sort is used to protect the wax like substance. I can only assume that the wax is used in order to hold in or back liquid or some other form of substance.  The way that the container and wax is shaped it looks like it is used to fit into your hand, and can be applied to natural curves of the body. The object is made out of plastic, so it could possibly last a long time. The wax on the other hand, if not covered by it’s cap, could dry out.

Step 3: I would assume that this object is used by males because on the warning label it says “For a man who knows…”. We can speculate that the bright red is used in stores in order to gain people’s attention and to stand out. This product is used to stop sweating, and the smell that sweating causes. Since it is “Pure Sport” is can be implied that the people using the object are doing something physically active and will expect to be sweating.

 

Questions about the Object:

How long does this object last?

How many different scents of Old Spice are there?

What are the adverse effects of using this object?

Bibliography

A. Andrew. “Old Spice ‘pure Sport’ deodorant”. Last modified December 15, 2013. http://labelsdeclassified.com/2013/12/15/old-spice-long-lasting-stick-pure-sport-deodorant/.

The author finds that the deodorant is harmful and needs to be reexamined. He doesn’t understand why people are buying a product that is hurting them in the end, and why people are allowed to sell such things to the general public. He explains in the article the many different chemicals in deodorant, and how they effect us long term. The way this author looked at the object, was that he focused on just the label and how that effects him as an individual and us as a society. He focuses less on how the object appears to be represented through its physical attributes. He makes a lot more speculation about how much this is going to cause damage to everyone in the near future.

Boon, Nico. Callewaert, Chris. Hutapea, Prawira. Van de Weilde, Tom. “Deodorants and antiperspirants affect the axillary bacterial community”.  July 31, 2014.

In this article it talks about the use of deodorant, and how it can cause more odor on our bodies than if we weren’t using it. They say that it causes the bacteria on our bodies to change and produce a much stronger sense of smell, only when using the deodorant. These authors looked at not the physical aspect of the deodorant, but how the chemicals used change the world around us, and on our bodies. They took notice of much smaller things and how it was going to effect us in the future.