Next
DESIGNING THE FUTURE: ART
Art is broadly understood as creative expression. You will encounter this in LXRY List 2021. Read on to discover more.
Art is an extensive concept, but in general art is understood to mean creative expressions. This can of course be all kinds of different forms of creativity. In LXRY List 2021 you will encounter beautiful, creative art. Curious? Read along.Online editor: Natasha Hendriks
Change
According to Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin of the designer duo Studio Formafantasma, the development of design has been based on a single narrative for far too long: the idea of human prosperity and design as a solution to human needs and desires. The focus was on manufacturing products, without questioning the entire infrastructure that makes this process possible. They now raise these questions through Cambio, an exhibition about the global dynamics of the wood industry and the problematic relationship between design and ecological exploitation. The exhibition considers the legacy of industrial production as the dated foundation of the contemporary designer. Trimarchi and Farresin express the hope that the exhibition will help shift the prevailing idea of design as a result of the industrial revolution to an approach of design as the possibility of constructive transformation in this time of climate change and social instability.
Shifting Perspectives
Corona has taught us to look at the world in a different way. The experimental art and design duo Rive Roshan, consisting of the Dutch designer Ruben de la Rive Box and the Iranian-Australian designer Golnar Roshan, enchants with installations and objects that challenge you to look at the world from a new perspective. Natural effects such as ripples in water, wind-formed patterns in the sand and magical reflections of light are approached through experimental and highly refined use of everyday materials. This creates visual and spatial meditations that play with our perception of space, light and time. Especially for Museum JAN in Amstelveen, they create three spatial experiences in which glass plays a surprising role. This exhibition, entitled Shifting Perspectives, can be seen from January 29 to May 23.
Fiber Placement Chair
This feather-light 'Fiber Placement Chair' was created during an experiment at the Netherlands Aerospace Center. Designer Marleen Kaptein used a robot to fold strips of heated carbon fiber over each other. In different directions, so that after fusion a very strong piece of furniture 'grew'. The structure is complex, but the profile clear and simple.
