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Design has a history of violence. It can be an act of creative
destruction and a double-edged sword, and yet professional
discourse around design has been dominated by voices that only
trumpet its commercial and aesthetic successes. Violence, defined
here as the power to alter circumstances against the will of others
and to their detriment, is ubiquitous in history and in
contemporary society. In recent years, moreover, technology has
introduced new threats and added dramatically to the many
manifestations of violence. Design and Violence is an exploration
of the relationship between the two that sheds light on the complex
impact of design on the built environment and on everyday life, as
well as on the manifestations of violence in contemporary society.
Published to accompany an online experiment launched by The Museum
of Modern Art in Autumn 2013, it brings together controversial,
provocative, and compelling design projects with leading voices
from a variety of fields. Each invited author responds to one
object chosen by the curators - ranging from an AK-47 to a
Euthanasia Rollercoaster, from plastic handcuffs to the Stuxnet
digital virus - and invites dialogue, comments, reflection, and
active, occasionally fierce, debate. Examples of questions posed
include: Can we design a violent act to be more humane? How far can
the state go to `protect' its borders from immigration before it
becomes an act of violence? Is violence `male'? These experimental
and wide-ranging conversations bring together voices from the
fields of art and design, science, law, criminal justice, ethics,
finance, journalism, and social justice, making Design and Violence
an invaluable resource for lively discussions and classroom
curricula.
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Neri Oxman: Mediated Matter (Paperback)
Paola Antonelli, Neri Oxman, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Joi Ito, Heather Davis
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Bioluminescent algae, symbiotic aquariums, self-healing concrete,
clavicle wind instruments and structures made from living trees -
biology applied outside the lab has never been so intriguing, or so
beautiful. Bio Design examines the thrilling advances in the field,
showcasing some seventy projects (concepts, prototypes and
completed designs) that cover a range of fields - from architecture
and industrial design to fashion and medicine. The revised and
expanded edition features twelve new projects (replacing ten
existing projects): Hy-Fi (by David Benjamin); One Central Park,
Sydney (Jean Nouvel); Guard from Above (Sjoerd Hoogendoorn);
Cell-laden Hydrogels for Biocatalysis (Alshakim Nelson); Zoa
(Modern Meadow); Amino Labs (Julie Legault); Algae and Mycelium
Projects (Eric Klarenbeek); Interwoven and Harvest (Diane Scherer);
Concrete Honey (John Becker); Bistro In Vitro (Koert van
Mensvoort); Circumventive Organs (Agi Haines); Quantworm Mine (Liv
Bargman and Nina Cutler). It also includes a new 'how-to' section
at the end (Tips for Collaboration/FAQs/Further Resources), as well
as a fully revised introduction.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Museum of Modern
Art, Talk to Me thrives on an important late 20th-century cultural
development in design: a shift from the centrality of function to
that of meaning. From this new perspective, objects contain
information that goes well beyond their immediate use or
appearance, providing access to complex systems and networks and
acting as gateways and interpreters. Whether openly and actively,
or in subtle, subliminal ways, things talk to us, and designers
write the initial script that lets us develop and improvise the
dialogue. Talk to Me focuses on objects that involve direct
interaction, such as interfaces, information systems, communication
devices, and projects that establish a practical, emotional or even
sensual connection between their users and entities such as cities,
companies, governmental institutions, as well as other people. The
featured objects range in date from the early 1980s - beginning
with the first Graphic User Interface, developed by Xerox Parc in
1981 - with particular attention given to projects from the last
five years and to several ones currently in development. Included
are a diverse array of examples, from computer and machine
interfaces to websites, video games, devices and tools, and
installations. Organized thematically, Talk to Me features essays
by Paola Antonelli, Jamer Hunt, Alexandra Midel, Kevin Slavin, and
Koi Vinh. By introducing design practices that are becoming
increasingly crucial to our world, the book presents a highly
distilled sample of today's best design production that uses
technology in creative and unexpected ways, showing how rich and
deep design's influence will be on our future.
Alice Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli, two of the world's most
influential design figures, meet the visionary designers whose
innovations and ingenuity give us hope for the future by
redesigning and reconstructing our lives, enabling us to thrive
Design Emergency tells the stories of the remarkable designers,
architects, engineers, artists, scientists, and activists, who are
at the forefront of positive change worldwide. Focusing on four
themes - Technology, Society, Communication, and Ecology - Alice
Rawsthorn and Paola Antonelli present a unique portrait of how our
great creative minds are developing new design solutions to the
major challenges of our time, while helping us to benefit from
advances in science and technology.
This book, and the exhibition that it accompanies, documents the
innovative objects that designers have created to answer people's
needs, both physical and psychological. Physical objects include
shelters for victims of disasters and homeless people, hideaway
furniture, and personal armor and protective gear, while
psychological objects include those that thwart identity theft,
offer self-defense, and provide comforting reassurance. The objects
presented here reflect how good design goes hand-in-hand with
personal needs. This book includes an introductory essay by Paola
Antonelli, Curator in the Department of Architecture and Design at
The Museum of Modern Art; a text by Phil Patton on cars; another by
Marie O'Mahony on materials and technologies; and a third by
Cameron Sinclair on design for refugees and third-world facilities.
The issues addressed by each of these authors will find resonance
on people's minds and souls.
Designers and artists have always looked to nature for inspiration
and materials, but only recently have they been able to alter and
incorporate living organisms in their work. In a world with finite
resources and a growing population, design that mimics or
appropriates the sustainable template of nature is likely to prove
as vital as it is novel. "Bio Design" examines some seventy
projects (concepts, prototypes and completed designs) that cover
the fields of architecture, industrial processes, education, fine
art, material engineering and bioengineering. Each project is
illustrated by a short text, images and captions that combine to
explain the problems the venture tackles, and how living materials
and processes were harnessed to solve them in sustainable and
aesthetically pleasing ways. Many of the solutions also provoke
thought about manipulating life for human ends. From bacteria that
can spin microfibrils of pure cellulose for use in the clothing
industry to pigeons that fed special bacteria excrete harmless
detergent instead of faeces, and from lamps that require blood to
function to genetically hacked plants with human DNA biological
design is science future here and now.
The story of British design told through works selected from the
collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Great Britain was
the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and the epicentre of
the development of modern industrial design. This book - the fourth
volume in the MoMA Design Series featuring works in the Museum's
collection - explores this legacy, tracing the growth of British
design from the eighteenth century to the Millennium Dome and
beyond. In its more than two-hundred-year scope, British Design
explores the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Spitfire and Hurricane
fighter planes of World War II, the Mini car and Dyson vacuum
cleaner, the 'Cool Britannia' cultural explosion in the late 1990s,
and British designers' take on the digital devices that define
entertainment and communication in the early twenty-first century.
An introduction by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator of Architecture
and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, provides an overview of
design culture in Great Britain; an essay and timeline by Hugh
Aldersey-Williams, curator, former design critic for The New
Statesman, and author of World Design and New American Design,
illuminates the masterpieces of modern British design superbly
reproduced in the volume's plate section.
Updated and Revised In a lively panorama of stimulating
juxtapositions, sequences, and cross references, this new edition
of Modern Contemporary provides a cornucopia of 590 works of key
contemporary art (37 more than in the original edition).
Thought-provoking page spreads juxtapose Jia Zhang Ke, Matthew
Barney and Kara Walker; Gabriel Orozco, Chris Ofili, and Jeanne
Dunning; Philippe Starck and Rineke Dijkstra; Jenny Holzer and
Robert Gober; Mona Hatoum and Teiji Furuhashi; Philip-Lorca
diCorcia, Juan Snchez, Raymond Pettibon, and Rosemarie Trockel;
Gary Hill, General Idea and Lari Pittman; and David Wojnarowicz and
Bruce Nauman, to name a few. Addressing the extensive holdings of
contemporary art in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New
York, Modern Contemporary covers an international spectrum of art
in a variety of mediums, all made in the last two decades of the
20th century and the first few years of the 21st. Organized
chronologically and encompassing a prime selection of painting,
sculpture, architecture, design, photography, drawings, prints,
film, and video, this rich and varied array of art from 1980 until
now offers a virtual compendium of the visual culture of our own
time.
How well do our designed environments - the places and spaces where
we live, work and play - meet our aesthetic and functional needs?
Increasingly, the distinction between the spaces considered public
and private or work and home are becoming more blurred. As a
result, innovative designs are needed to meet the challenges of our
ever-changing environment. Our streets, parks, dwellings and tools
are designed to a ""one-size-fits-all"" standard, and the responses
of the design community to meet diverse needs have been mixed at
best. This work offers feminist critiques of these inadequate
design standards, and suggests ideas, projects and programmes for
change. Each contributor asks how we might think differently and
more inclusively about human needs in the environments in which we
live and work. The interdisciplinary essays reflect the writers'
diverse fields - architecture, planning, industrial and graphic
design, and architectural, urban and design history. Essays cover
such subjects as rethinking the American city, graphic design and
the urban landscape, working at home, special needs in housing,
theories of women and design, redesigning architectural education,
and a photoessay on industrial designs. A review essay of the
literature in these fields rounds out the collection.
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American Design (Hardcover)
Russell Flinchum, Paola Antonelli
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This volume brings to light what is American about American design.
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and 5 Continents Editions
present a new series dedicated to industrial and graphic design.
Each volume, beautifully designed and with superbly printed
reproductions, offers an overview of a single country's design
achievements and illustrates its particular design history and
aesthetic, showcasing prominent architects and designers through
exemplary works drawn from MoMA's unmatched collection. Each volume
contains an introduction by Paola Antonelli, Senior Curator in the
Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA, and an illustrated
essay by a distinguished design critic, accompanied by a visual
timeline of significant events and a comprehensive bibliography.
American design, like much of American culture, perennially
oscillates between populism and elitism, between the revolutionary
beauty and availability of Tupperware and the elusive exclusivity
of Tiffany's. This book traces the development of American design
from the 'armory practice' of early American machinists, through
mid-century 'design for modern living', to the branded,
consumer-oriented design of the present day. Paola Antonelli's
lively introduction provides an overview of United States' design
culture; an essay by Russell Flinchum illuminates the masterpieces
of modern American design reproduced in the volume's plate section.
They are accompanied by an illustrated chronology of important
events that have influenced American design as well as a
comprehensive bibliography.
In the past, work has shaped the way we live. In the near future,
the way we live may shape the way we work. "Workspheres" creatively
confronts the design demands of the ever-evolving contemporary work
environment. Featuring design products, prototypes, and models, and
part of a groundbreaking 2001 exhibition held at The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, this exciting book introduces work concepts
originated by internationally recognized designers who address the
unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic
office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual
office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for
group interaction. Featuring projects commissioned especially for
"Workspheres" by such avant-garde brainstormers as LOT/EK, Digital
Image Design, and Hella Jongerius, interviews with designers
extraordinaire Bruce Mau, Michael Brill, and Francis Duffy, and
more pictures of chairs, cubicles, and desks that you've ever
imagined, even in your most compulsive catalogue fantasies,
"Workspheres" is the ultimate consideration of contemporary work
space.
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