Form&Seek London Design Fair2017
Form&Seek will be part of Dutch Pavilion at London Design Fair on 21-24 September 2017
Form&Seek exhibitions always show a consideration to new crafts, material and processes.
With this upcoming show Form&Seek explores the theme of "Openness" where we focus on what designers with a vision of across borders and cultures, make and design in order to shift attitudes and cultures for the a more inclusive future. Form&Seek explores the idea of Dutch design, not through a national lens but as an attitude and way of thinking.
For the first time ever Form&Seek launches its own collection during London Design Festival as well as a producing and selling platform, enabling consumers and retailers to purchase original and innovative crafted goods from a curated collection founded and run by designers.
The Form&Seek collection focuses on new developed processes and contemporary, globally local craft techniques. Interesting, innovative materials and processes play a key role in the pieces by Form&Seek. Each item tells a story through the way it has been made or the impact it has on our daily lives.
Our new collection expands on a wide range of crafted products from conventional products prototyped with new technologies to products that play with natural formations and uses of material. Each thought provoking, poetic design object has a strong character and personality with the personal mark of the maker.
Dispersion
Multidisciplinary designer and thinker Nila Rezai’s project Dispersion aims to encourage the act of making a positive change within the context of climate change. Focusing on catastrophic Oil Spills around the globe, the interactive mirror object utilizes a forced interaction to evoke a moment of contemplation about the pervasive toxicity that can result from human oil exploration and extraction. The mirror is coated with two types of black thermochromatic pigment, mixed with bio-resin, as a metaphor to an oily surface, which visibly transforms to become clear when heated. For a user to reveal the reactive surface of the mirror, they are forced to blow into a wind sensor located on top of its frame, encouraging them to participate in the act of ‘repair.' A custom made heating system is attached to the mirror, which activates via the wind sensor, and results in a slow transformation of the surface from black to clear. This process takes 7-8 minutes, forcing the user to slow down and contemplate man-made activities that are destroying our planet earth. Dispersion lies in the realm of discursive/speculative object design, aiming to evoke discourse and conversation, rather than performing as an instrument of utility.
Designer:
Nila Rezaei
Material:
Wood,glass