'dysfunctional community' by sarah colson

individual components of the community

designboom received this project from contemporary creative sarah colson from the UK. colson’s work is derived from the notions of dysfunction, in which she questions the translational action of the human brain. descriptions donated by others of functional objects are utilized by colson as a ‘blind’ starting point to her investigation. these textual ‘sketches’ are then translated through a material inquiry that juxtaposes high and low value materials to portray the key elements from these descriptions. the objects in their final state are reduced to precious miniatures. this allows the objects to become self-contained with minimal reference to their genesis. the collection of ‘dysfunctional community’ are 180 objects which are related to descriptions collected via facebook. the location of the objects varies due to the mobility given by the magnets located on the back of each component.

a nail, button and other found parts are used to make this dysfunctional member

a profile view of the objects on the wall

a grid of all the objects