Posted by Harry
Meta MoCo | 03 Apr 07 | Comments (3)
Recent MoCo submissions.
+ nonobject Design Fiction No. 2: 1001 drops is ready. "What if a spoon could inspire a more savory soup experience? Imagine if its form could provoke an altogether new taste sensation, where each drop of flavor simply bursts in your mouth, over your taste buds, like the popping open of pearl pockets from inside a pomegranate. Of course the conventional spoon has 'served' us well for centuries... perhaps it’s time for a change. Poetically, this design asks, 'Can a single spoon give the sensation of 1001 spoons at once?'".
+ Marko Macura's Float flower vases for Ivu.
+ Stuart Haygarth's Black Millenium chandelier (above) will be on display at the Alexia Goethe Gallery in Dover St, London, as of tomorrow.
+ GaGatree from Singapore, cushions and Winter Garden pop-up cards.
+ Illu Stration's 100% felt Origami pendant lamp, floor lamp.
+ Judith van den Boom & Sharon Geschiere exhibit at Legiokunst gallery, Judith's "ceramics combine a dark humor with a figurative language. She collaborates with friend designer Sharon Geschiere to show a body of work, some pieces designed together and supported with their own work.".
+ OPA LINA LED table lamp by Johnny De Leonardis, "gives homage to the tradition of the Venice glass working and in particular to the VENINI'S Opalino vase, that it comes here redesigned in a ironic way.".
wouldn't the liquid leak through the holes?
i don't count 1001 spoons
i don't think the flavor sensation would be expanded because of the construction of the spoon, you would get less food in each scoop with this design, and, isn't that the foods job?
i realize this is 'conceptual' but shouldn't it be framed by physical boundaries. Design should be functional, no?
Some designers have been smoking weird stuff!
I am typically not a fan of completely conceptual work, but I definitely understand the need for it in terms of generating new projects in the future. The wildly imaginative and completely incoherent eventually find a middle ground, and then you have an innovative product.
As for the element of sensation, I'd imagine that having a little bit of soup from a thousand spoons rather than a lot from one would be a lot like the difference between walking in the rain and having a bucket of water dumped on your head. Definitely there would be a different sensation!