May 2012
2 posts
Des Espaces Autres(1967)
“Umgekehrt gibt es Heterotopien, die nicht im Modus der Ewigkeit, sondern in dem des Festes mit der Zeit verbunden sind: nicht ewigkeitsorientierte, sondern zeitweilige Heterotopien. Dazu gehört sicher das Theater, aber auch der Jahrmarkt, dieser wunderbar leere Platz am Rande der Stadt und zuweilen auch in deren Zentrum, der sich ein oder zwei mal im Jahr mit Buden, Ständen, den...
April 2012
7 posts
“Some people … say design is about solving problems. Obviously designers do solve...”
– From an interview with Jack Schulze, co-founder of the highly influential studio Berg—a group of designers completely unafraid of the word “invention”. Interview responses #5 and #6 are pure gold. (via craightonberman)
March 2012
26 posts
Abstraction
“…THE WAY SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL WORK IS MADE INVISIBLE BY ITS OWN SUCCESS. WHEN A MACHINE RUNS EFFICIENTLY, WHEN A MATTER OF FACT IS SETTLED, ONE NEED FOCUS ONLY ON ITS INPUTS AND OUTPUTS AND NOT ON ITS INTERNAL COMPLEXITY. THUS, PARADOXICALLY, THE MORE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SUCCEED, THE MORE OPAQUE AND OBSCURE THEY BECOME.” BRUNO LATOUR, PANDORA’S HOPE (1999)
Design and the Living Dead
Design is no longer design.
Design has been claimed as a tool for commercial gain.
We are in a period where profit is more important than people.
Design is part of the problem; it offers few solutions.
Commodity therapy cannot be the answer.
We aim to create artefacts, systems and material cultures that explore the emptiness of contemporary living.
Our work searches for meaning in the...
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February 2012
5 posts
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January 2012
3 posts
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