Sculptural multi-plugs and flowery push-button switches - 3 examples of a playful approach to technology
Designers regularly rethink our relationship to objects and how they are designed. Particularly exciting in my eyes right now: redesigns for multiple plugs, TV stands and cord switches.
Multi-plug or sculpture?
The art gallery effect
At the last Salone del Mobile, Guglielmo Giagnotti and Patrizio Gola from Studioutte presented their collection at the Temporanea gallery in Milan. Part of it was a film that was shown on a screen. However, I found the stand on which the screen stood much more exciting. It was made entirely of metal and designed in such a way that it became one with the screen.
The stand reminded me of a gallery plinth. It suddenly made the screen look like a sculpture and its material created exciting light reflections. Whether this was intentional or not, the idea inspires me to place my TV in the room using a table or plinth. In the hope that it will cut a better figure there and no longer just look like a stain on the wall.
Flower power for more naturalness
Natalia Triantafylli combines physical and digital production methods in her work. Instead of drawing everything from scratch in a rendering programme, the designer first models her objects out of clay by hand. She then photographs and digitises them. She uses the photos to draw the objects as 3D models so that she can print them out later using PLA plastic. The result is a hybrid object made from handmade ceramics and 3D-printed elements.
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