The monetary expenditure of cigarettes through the representation of materialistic objects

The monetary expenditure of cigarettes through the

representation of materialistic objects

Taylor Saul, Abby Van der Velde, Bessy Patsalis, Jessica Fricke

Our aim is to focus on the need to make invisible objects visible, as a means of actively

representing data for individuals to engage with content that is stimulating. In doing so,

the data can accompany or even alter an individuals opinion or perspective.

Facts and Figures

The average smoker smokes 15 cigarettes per day for an

average of 24 years. A packet of cigarettes costs

$16, thus making each individual cigarette

approximately 0.80 cents each.

$12 a day spent on cigarettes

x6

$84 per week spent on cigarettes

x24

$365 per month spent on cigarettesBondi beach passes for a yearx3

$4383 a year spent on cigarettes

x23

$21, 915 spent over 5 years on cigarettes

x27

$43, 830 spent over 10 years on cigarettes

Toyota Yaris

x2

$105, 192 spent over 24 years (the average smokers’ lifetime)

For 5 passengers to to go to the Mediterranean for 2 weeks on a private boat

x8

Evaluation

•This monetary expenditure pre-exists as a indistinct concept in our heads

•When an individual is smoking they are not visualising the money spent on a particular cigarette.

• How much one has spent and what they could be saving for

•Depict how the money they spend on cigarettes on a daily basis could actually be spent in alternative ways or even so, on the necessities in life.