Designers often tread a fine line between industrial application and aesthetics, wanting to create an object that retains beauty and visual value but also accomplish a task. Much experimentation often goes into a designed object with designers applying varying materials, processes and production techniques to achieve their final goal. The results of this process are models and full-scale prototypes that test the final product for both function and visual design. Another result of experimentation involves creating limited edition or “one-off” objects that are more concerned with a visual presentation than function or use. These objects skew the line between art and design and are often created purely for their artistic merit although utilizing design as subject matter or medium.

 

EXPERIMENTAL – Prototypes and Beyond, explores these objects and ultimately reflects on the process and influences that inspire designers. Whether working with a new material or process to work out design elements in advance of production or just exploring more visceral concepts that would not lend themselves to mass production, this intersection and the objects produced gives us insight into our physical world and the mind of the designer. Please join us for a foray into the world of objects that are experiments in inspiration.

 

Designers who will be represented in this groundbreaking exhibition include:

 

Campana Brothers

Johanna Grawunder

Charles Hollis Jones

Blue Lounge

Ross Menuez

Marre Moerel

Karim Rashid

Michael Solis

Michael Young