desiderabilia: 3D printed desirable objects by 25 international designers

25 international designers collaborate on desiderabilia, 3D printed desirable objects
all images courtesy IN residence © tullio deorsola

IN residence asked 25 international designers to interpret their own personal ‘object of desire’. shown during milan design week 2014, ‘desiderabilia’ is an experiment, an acknowledgement and a survey of the conditioning that unconsciously influences individual choices and ambition. the installation features work by 45 kilo, anton alvarez, aut + chiara onida, BCXSY, julien carretero, matteo cibic, ciszak – dalmas, commonplace, jean-baptiste fastrez , formafantasma, tomáš gabzdil, libertiny, hilda hellström, pepe heykoop, kolk & kusters, lanzavecchia + wai, andrea magnani, philippe malouin, peter marigold, minale – maeda, mischer’traxler, liliana ovalle, lex pott, studio besau-marguerre, poetic lab and giorgia zanellato.

 exhibited during milan design week, the group exhibition was curated by barbara brondi and marco rainò

 detail of the installation: a series of bright blue 3D printed objects occupy the geometric structure

 detail of ‘virtual ikebana’ by minale maeda

 ‘still cities’ by formafantasma

 ‘transcoded’ by mischer’traxler

 ‘orphaned words’ by peter marigold

 ‘the revolution will not be printed in 3D’ by anton alvarez

 ‘dream’s dome’ by giorgia zanellato

 ‘virtual ikebana’ by minale maeda

 ‘where fish could fly’ by pepe heykoop

 ‘metamorfosi vegetali’ by lanzavecchia + wai

 ‘concentric cylinders, 1mm thick, 1mm apart’ by philippe malouin

 ‘colapasta numerica’ by jean-baptiste fastrez

‘the mole mailbox’ by matteo cibic

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