flexibility – design in a fast changing society

ex carceri ‘le nuove’, turin june 29 – october12 http://www.torinoworlddesigncapital.it

‘flexibility – design in a fast-changing society’ is one of the many events taking place in turin this year in conjunction with the city being named the ‘design world capital 2008’. the show consists of nine projects by international designers installed at a former prison, ex carceri ‘le nuove’.

domestic sandbags by antenna design new york (masamichi udagawa & sigi moeslinger)
‘the installation ‘spectre’ is inspired by a ubiquitous improvisational ‘building block’: the sandbag. the sandbag is
a pervasive object used in various situations of emergency and temporary set-up, such as battlefields, floods,
earthquakes and other disaster scenes. we are giving the sandbag a new ‘skin’ and context, which transforms
the way it is perceived allowing it to enter a different realm of existence.‘ ANTENNA

flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design image © designboom

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flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design

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antenna design new york

antenna was founded in 1997 by masamichi udagawa and sigi moeslinger. antenna’s mission is to make the experience of objects and environments more meaningful and exciting. antenna’s projects range from public to commercial, from applied to exploratory. among antenna’s best known projects are the design of new york city subway cars and ticket vending machines, bloomberg displays and interactive environments, such as power flower, an installation in the windows of bloomingadale’s. http://www.antennadesign.com

— see the nine installations:

flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design renewable clothing by fernando brízio flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design instant rooms by matali crasset flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design liquid memory by ross lovegrove

flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design chasen by patricia urquiola flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design mirror-blind by bertjan pot flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design flexible bench by giulio iacchetti

flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design domestic sandbags by antenna design flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design jailbreak (vendôme series) by kram/weisshaar flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design my treasures trash by emiliana design studio

— ‘flexibility’ introduction flexibility domestic sandbags by antenna design flexibility – introduction