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8 3 4 5 6 might experience our future living spaces, as part of the theme ‘Future Primitives’. As a result, we can be very radical, and explore that experience in a more abstract context: this can be a reflection on how we will use our personal space in the future, and what the impact might be of a variety of natural, technological, cultural and political developments. The Project rooms want to make clear that the Interieur Biennale is about interior living spaces, not just about design objects. An interior is a multidisciplinary, multi-sensorial concept: elements such as atmosphere, proportions, spatial feeling, light, smell, temperature, etc. are essential components of an interior.” In alphabetical order, the seven designers are David Bowen, Ross Lovegrove, Greg Lynn, Makkink & Bey, Muller Van Severen, Nendo and Troika. They develop the project rooms from the observation that our physical, sensorial and relational points of reference are becoming vaguer all the time. Within this fluid future, they go and explore the way in which new anchor points can be determined and translated within our future living environment. Context of 60 m 2 The seven were asked to use their own artistic vision to reflect on a design and present the results within a context of 60 m 2 of space. Every future room needed to be surrounded by piazzas, which function as meeting places. The question is how they experience the essence of our future being and translate this into the context of a living space. The project rooms in themselves offer no added architectural value: all emphasis is on potentially relevant sensorial sensations. David Bowen (°1975) is an immediate example of Interieur’s broader vision. Bowen is an American artist who makes complex sculptural installations exploring the relationship between the natural and the mechanical. He often makes use of natural components such as light, wind and plants or techniques such as flying or floating in the air, to produce the interactive experiences inherent in his work. Bowen incorporates natural influences into his installations. Interfaces allow elements such as wind, waves, house and garden plants to control and steer mechanical structures, often resulting in unexpected and highly inspiring imagery. British designer and visionary Ross Lovegrove (°1958) demonstrates how the physical character of our three-dimensional world can be changed. Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature, his designs inhabit the crossroads between technology, materials science and intelligent organic forms. At present, his studio is working on the development of new materials, new structures in 3D printing and new free-form growth structures. In his installation for Interieur, he explores the informal relationships between materials and (moving) structures. The American architect and philosopher Greg Lynn (°1964) is a pioneer in redefining design through digital technology. He also produces complex but functional and ergonomic forms using CNC machinery. His studio is at the forefront in a number of sectors including environments, buildings, products, transportation etc. Lynn’s work is featured in the permanent collections of the foremost design and architecture museums worldwide, including the CCA, SFMoMA, ICA Chicago and MOMA. He is one of the most important representatives of ‘blob architecture’, characterized by its biomorphic formal language. As a professor, he works for the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and teaches at the UCLA school of Architecture and Urban Design. He is also a guest professor at Yale University. Fourth in the row is the Makkink & Bey design studio, which will sound familiar to Decostyle readers. It is led by Dutch architect Rianne Makkink (°1964) and Dutch designer Jurgen Bey (°1965). Having been active across a very varied spectrum of contemporary applied art since 3 Dutch partnership Jurgen Bey and Rianne Makkink 4 Ross Lovegrove, a British designer 5 Oki Sato is at the heart of design studio Nendo 6 Lowie Vermeersch, curator of the Interieur Biënnale 2012
2002, each project is an opportunity for them to explore the interaction between the public and the private spheres. When designing their architectural projects, their public spaces, interior environments, objects and exhibition concepts, Makkink & Bey look at the world from a different perspective, from behind as it were. Each of their designs radically questions the underlying logic of existing structures. Their design team consists of people with backgrounds in textile, architecture, mobility etc. who always work together closely. As a rule, they first of all question the context and the assignment, in order to generate new alternatives based on a more fragmented point of departure. Belgians Fien Muller (°1978) and Hannes Van Severen (°1979) are both artists. Fien’s main medium is photography, while Hannes’ work is best described as ‘sculptural installations’. They describe their cooperative work as a ‘furniture project’. Their furniture designs evoke the work of artists such as Donald Judd or movements such as the Bauhaus. Using a very pure formal language, their aim is for unique furniture objects which combine diverse functional objects such as a bookcase, desk, sofa and staircase within a single object. 7 8 From this investigative position they also select the materials for their designs. The not-so-obvious marriage of metal tubing, polythene planks and leather, results in unique furniture items which combine unity and diversity, movement and rest. The last but one is the Japanese design studio Nendo, which since a couple of years launches a wide range of novelties, installations and presentations. The Nendo signature is sober and almost minimalistic, and tends to make an object seem simpler than it is in reality. It is only six years ago since Nendo first showed its creations at the international furniture fair of Milan. Nendo – the Japanese word for modelling clay – has conquered the foremost European furniture manufacturers such as De Padova, Moroso, Cappellini and Swedese. Under the leadership of Oki Sato, Nendo is working on about 130 projects, more than half of this number for the European markets. All are characterized by the same lightness of touch. A Nendo table is no more than a frame, a steel wire chair nothing more than the essential contours. For the fair, Nendo will design a chair that is not just an ordinary chair. It will be the perception of a chair, a play with fine materials in a sober presentation. Finally, there is the British Troika 9 9 9 collective, which is made up of Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel. They met during their studies at the Royal College of Art in London and soon combined to form an interactive platform and collective practice which works through dialogue, experiment and detailed research. Their careful, experimental way of working leads to concepts where science and philosophy are never far apart. While researching the changing nature of reality and human experience, they continuously move the boundaries of perception, movement, sound and time. At Interieur, the viewer is treated to their ‘Architecture of Light’. This promises to challenge and change light itself. Where prisms normally break up light rays, Troika bends light into fine, moving lines. � Interieur 2012 practical information When: 20 – 28 October 2012 Where: Kortrijk Xpo, België Organization: Biënnale Interieur Website: www.interieur.be E-mail: interieur@interieur.be Opening weekend: Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 October, 10 am to 6 pm Professional days: Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 October, 10 am to 6 pm Public days: Wednesday 24 to Sunday 28 October, 10 am to 6 pm 7 Muller Van Severen with their ‘furniture project’ 8 The British collective Troika consists of Eva Rucki, Conny Freyer and Sebastien Noel 9 David Bowen, an American sculptural artist
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