after the bit rush: design in a post digital age

after the bit rush: design in a post digital age mu, eindhoven, the netherlands on now until december 23, 2011

‘colourchaser’ by yuri suzuki image by hitomi kai yoda see designboom’s previous article of ‘colourchaser’ by yuri suzuki here.

‘after the bit rush: design in a post digital age’ and exhibition curated by lucas maassen and unfold, explores the notion of art and physical creation in our inextricably digitally infused reality. designers julian bond, james bridle, edhv, ruth gurvich, theo jansen, markus kayser, tim knapen, thomas lommée, jorge lopes dos santos, lucas maassen, raw color, minale maeda, jun mitani, yuri suzuki, the t-shirt issue, troika, and unfold, featured in the exhibition, looks at ideas of production in a post-digital world. 

the collection is a physically realized world formed through a digital consciousness. each of the works featured have been conceived and planned through the assistance of a screen, then actualized into a 3D reality. they have been realized in such a way that helps the observer recognize the inseparable digital and human worlds through design. the artists celebrate the ease and possibility of creation by means of a new digitized standard to design throughout the installation.

‘they [the artists] want to feel the grain of new materials and understand the implications of weight and friction.’ –from ‘not just electronic: post digital ramblings by russell davies’, an essay written for the exhibition

‘falling lights’ by troika see designboom’s previous article on troika’s ‘falling lights’ here.

UK designers eva rucki, conny freyer and sebastian noel of the troika, known for their melding of science, art, architecture and design within their projects, present ‘falling lights’. the sculpture consists of fifteen devices, each containing a swarovski crystal optical lens and suspended from the ceiling. a computer orchestrates a movement of light reminiscent of falling rain.

‘solar sinter’ by markus kayser see designboom’s previous article on markus kayser’s ‘solar sinter’ here.

UK-based artist markus kayser’s ‘solar sinter’ project is a sculptural work explores the sun’s potential to produce objects and was tested in the egyptian desert, sintering or creating a solid substance, resulting in glass from sun-heated sand.

‘foetus project’ by jorge lopes dos santos image by boudewijn bollman

‘foetus project’ by brazilian designer jorge lopes dos santos is a physical, three dimensional investigation of CT, MRI and ultrasound collected data.

left: ‘digital portraits’ by the t-shirt issue right: ‘3D printed strandbeest’ by theo jansen image by tim van bentum

the t-shirt issue of denmark has designed ‘digital portraits’. the collective has created fashionable pieces through digitized design. the shape of the garments are rebuilt into a 3D shape through the re-orientation of seams, first conceived through computer visualization.

dutch designer theo jansen’s ‘3D printed strandbeest’ is one of several strandbeets he has built. the development of 3D printing has created an ease in which jansen had not previously been able to imagine in the development of his collection.

‘MAT porcelain’ by ruth gurvich

french designer ruth gurvich has devised ‘MAT porcelain’. the line of porcelain objects have been created entirely by hand, yet the collection reflects the digital, mathematical aesthetic of contemporary design.

‘D/struct’ by lucas maasen and raw color image by boudewijn bollman

lucas maasen and raw color of the netherlands, have developed ‘D/struct’. the upload machine functions as such that the user donates a plastic product to the project. the objects are then pulverized, their remains stored in a clear bag. the true structure of the plastic product is documented and stored digitally, ready to be reprinted as a 3D model when the user has need for it again.

‘D/struct’ by lucas maasen and raw color, installation view as part of ‘after the bit rush’ image by boudewijn bollman

‘virtuel florist’ by minale maeda image by boudewijn bollman

‘the virtual florist’ by dutch-based studio minale maeda (kuniko maeda and mario minale) takes the basic composition of flowers, and replicates them in 3D printed prototyped models.

‘pixel mould machine’ by julian bond image by boudewijn bollman

UK designer julian bond has created ‘pixel mould machine’. the device which produces vases structured in endless pixilated-looking combinations.

additional view of ‘colourchaser’ image by boudewijn bollmanUK-based japanese designer yuri suziki has developed ‘colourchaser’, a device which follows the colors added to a black line, reading and translating colors (RGB data) into sound.