whats your function?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht96HJ01SE4&feature=related

One aspect of design that I love, is the idea that a design can have many unintended purposes as I have stated before in previous posts. The discovery of new functions for old forms is largely under-practiced. As Professor Housefield in DES 001 at UCD says, we should all, even as adults, be involved in "play." This youtube video is from a group in Canada that decided to use mostly computer parts to recreate the famous Bohemian Rhapsody song.
Despite its entertainment value, it actually is a great example of many important design elements. The form of a design often directly reflects it function or purpose. When we see a scanner, we see the place where you put the paper to be copied, the place where the new copy will come out, and all the buttons to make it start and stop. What we do not see is a guitar, or a musical instrument to be even more broad. That is where constraint can test not only a designer, but the consumer of the product when putting a design to work. Through play, we might more easily discover these non obvious abilities that form has.
The concept or the message that the video sends is that you can do something cool with unexpected tools and allow many people to enjoy it, especially thanks to youtube and other mass media, our design and uses of design can be widely shared to promote more imagination and stretch the limits of possibilities.