Design Real Exhibition - Konstantin Grcic
During this focus week, I visited the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park. The exhibition being shown was that of Konstantin Grcic, a german product designer, and was held from the 26th of November 09 to the 7th of February 10. At first, it took a while for me to grasp what was happening, but after reading into it, and listening to discussions in the gallery, I'd figured it out. It was a collection of industrial design objects or 'real items' that have been created in the past decade, which provide a vital function to our everyday life. Konstantin explores the process of pristine real design and its interaction with our lives, and how we can learn as well as become inspired by examining what the objects are made up of, and the thought processes that were taken to create it. This led me to think how essential it is we develop a critical design eye in the way we see the world. Instead of seeing a car as an object that moves us from place to place on four wheels, it should be examined from every angle, realizing how the design was approached, developed, and created. The end result is not as important as the thought process.
‘What interests me about industrial design is how these things are made, in what material, and how this has affected their language and their quality, Some objects are very technically-driven; the function really determines the object. Other objects have much more of a signature or an authorship; you see the handwriting of the designer who made it and that’s what makes it so special.’ - Konstantin Grcic
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