DESIGN REVOLUTION NOW! ( 2024)
- a designers toolbox for Revolution
shows different methods in the working process of designers under the umbrella of the tool, which are questioned and placed in new contexts. A playful exhibition architecture - made entirely of second-hand cardboard - invites you to immerse yourself in the toolbox of designers, for discussion and interaction. The contribution of the temporary collective originating at the University of Applied Arts Vienna discusses a new definition of design, which, in all its honesty, not only presents itself as a mockup, but also actively opposes the solution-oriented, academic notion of design.
The project was developed as part of the course Design Theory by Harald Gründl. Together with students from different departments of the University of Applied Arts, an independent form of discourse was developed. The results will now be presented for the first time as part of VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. The Design Revolution Now Collective consists of
Elisabeth Utz, Johannes Maximilian Mayer, Laura Frühmesser, Lena Reutenauer, Lilian Marie Furrer, Mia Tešić, Nadine Weber, Stefan Schönauer, Tim Ficht and Tobias Kauer.
The exhibition was mentioned in Wallpaper Magazine, as well as Falstaff Living.
All photo credits go to
©Nadine Weber
ABCD - AIs behind closed doors (2023)
Leaning onto an existing case of roomba recorded image leakage in 2020, where intimate photos of users got leaked through facebook, this short film speculates on an extreme case of data leakage and its consequences for humans and their relationship to AI household devices.
ABCD tells the story of a young human who gets attached to their cleaning robot. Their relationship intensifies and progresses, making the person crave physical contact with their robot and later pursuing these desires in the privacy of their own four walls. The roomba gets hacked and leaning onto the events of 2020, the private moments between human and machine, seen through the robots eyes, get leaked on the internet.
The project deals with questions of privacy in the household, especially with the rise of integrating machines, equipped with artificial intelligence, in our own homes. It was created in collaboration with Eva Maria Lainer, Jose Maria De La Garza and Isabelle Wallner and has been exhibited at the ARSE Electronica Festival as well as the “Robomantics” Exhibition at Cheapart in Athens.
Image credits go to ©Eva Maria Lainer
You will see me cry! (2023)
The work “You will see me cry” and deals with showing emotions in public, specifically crying.
It was done during the my Erasmus in at the Linking Bodies - Jewellery Department of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie.
Certain stigmata on showing emotions are still present in our society. By creating transparent wearables that hold water dissolving fabric, the objects reveal the wearers emotion by adhering to their face. The lasercutted glasses made of plexiglass come in five different shapes, loosely based on the way tears flow down on peoples faces. Shot with an Nintendo 3Ds, an object filled with childhood nostalgia, the images let viewers into a low resolution world of people using the glasses in public. Suggesting a world where crying is common, and feeling emotions in public is not a taboo.
Workshop by Lucy Mc Rae
Under the premis of “thinking through making”, british designer and artist Lucy McRae, held a two day workshop at the University of Applied Arts. The students had a few hours to develop something with simple household resources and a basic set of tools. A clear narrative objective was deliberately left out.
After disassembling an old radio and headphones our team decided on making a futuristic object that lets you see past events by extracting some bacteria from the past object.
Photo Credits © Julian Paula
