Groove & Long neck bottles Hella Jongerius 2000
Over to you right, you’ll see I’ve added a side-bar, in which a list of Provocative Material exemplars from the field contemporary Object practice beginning to take shape. While these designer/makers span a diverse field of engagement, they share a common, questioning criticality within their practices – characterised by experimentation, intervention, collaboration, not to mention a dose of good humour.
Allow yourself the time to investigate this quartet of Flash-driven sites, laden with rich content and intriguing interfaces, framed by a range of aesthetic and social contexts.
Closer to home, please take a look at Freestyle, a current online exhibition showcasing emerging and established designer/makers in Australia.
For those of you who are finding a need for an antidote to all this ‘clean-living’ – try a little sex and death, mixed with a dose of black humour at Design is Evil, courtesy of Icon magazine.
Finally, a downloadable BDes Object timetable in pdf format, giving a sense of all students schedules, on a single a4 sheet, has been added to the Studio Materials sidebar for your edification. If anyone spots an error, please come back to me.
