Hamish Muir

This week I went to a talk at the AIB given by the designer Hamish Muir, discussing his typographic practice. It was interesting to hear about his practice in the days before the mac, witnessing about the lengthy process' involved in designing. It was brilliant that he included the first piece of work done on the mac into his presentation, it was clearly evident that it was a new tool/toy they were working with! I admired how he described type as an extension of writing and gave the advice of the best ideas are the simple ones that adhere to a set of conditions. 

Palimpsest and social interaction

Interesting work based on the idea of palimpsest. A project which aims to superimpose layers of recorded social interaction, presenting them as a single image. If a passer-by lingers in the space they will see a delayed copy of themselves entering the space from several seconds ago, and even more layers if they remain there longer. Clever work which captures the thought of someone being there. 

New office furniture from the old

Advertising agency gummo have created their new office space working with the three well known words, 'reduce, reuse, recycle'. All the office furniture was sourced locally, from such places as the dutch ebay, marktplaats, charity shops and what ever was left around their old office. Everything was then spraypainted dark grey.

There is a reference to my emp work which is working towards the lived in effect and showing a presence of something that was there. They have taken old furniture and recreated something new by spraying the furniture, however there is evidence of something that was there through keeping the old form of the furniture. 

Life is suite...

Life is suite is a project created by Raw Nerve, who inspired to put life back into an old abandoned sofa. They wanted to express what the sofa may of witnessed, the conversations, the secrets it had heard, who has sat on the sofa. The sofa was re-upholstered so that it could be printed on again. the surface of the sofa is essential to the telling of the stories, it presents a memory. The sofa is an example of how something has been written over, but reveals what it once was.

In and out of BH9 2RD

A visual experimentation to create marks and trace the movement going in and out of the house. Created by laying carbon paper on top of plain paper at the front door. The textures created from the shoes present us with abstract marks, tracing movement within a house. 

Droog design

The above chair design is created by Droog, who are an enterprise who delve in working from a mentality that is close to human, creating products that tell a story regarding themes of memories, nostalgia, re-use, craftsmanship and nature. The layers that build the chair are taken from 15 bags of rags, it is a treasure chest of memories and presents us with something that was used before as something different. I admire how the design of the chair relates to my previous posts related to the object of the chair. For example my visual observation of the clothes and coats that pile up on a chair. 

Building up

Above is an observation experiment of a common feature within many homes, whereby the chair quickly gets piled up with coats, clothes and bags, tracing that there is a presence. It is an intriguing fat that the chair does not get used for it's actual purpose making me question what design features could develop from this?