http://www.ordodb.com www.ordodb.com Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:58:56 +0000 http://www.ordodb.com en http://ordodb.com/Reminders http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Reminders Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:58:56 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2688145 Time is a chain of temporalities. So is life. I connected the most important temporalities of my life with a product. Why did I hold on to these products? Is it because of their beauty, emotional value or as a reminder? By combining the products who don't have a function anymore, and I kept them only because of there history, they get a new function. And will participate in my daily life again. <img src="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/schema.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="480" width_o="700" height_o="502" src_o="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/schema_o.jpg" align="left" /> My life / my temporalities <img src="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/image objects.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="580" width_o="700" height_o="607" src_o="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/image objects_o.jpg" align="left" /> Products connected to temporalities<img src="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/kruis2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="700" height_o="525" src_o="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/kruis2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/BA.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="700" height_o="525" src_o="http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2688145/BA_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Looking-for-neutrality http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Looking-for-neutrality Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:08:20 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2454908 The assignment from 'Het Gesprek" is to design a new set for a new television program. The program consists of a 1 on 1 interview, interview with max 5 persons, one column and music, with attendance. The program is linked to the morning newspaper NRC Next and so it has to be linked to their identity. All this should be packed in an space of ​​8x25 m. A purely autonomous object with a helpfull form and an aesthetic value. This should also be the goal for the set of NXTLive. It's to the guest, presenter, director or viewer to give sense to the autonomous structure with an open structure. Which can be adapted and changed through a standardized system based on the golden Ratio and supported by the use of colors white and gray. To strive for purity, clarity, independence, freedom and neutrality! <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7686.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="700" height_o="525" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7686_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7811.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="485" width_o="700" height_o="507" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7811_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7807.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="464" width_o="700" height_o="485" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7807_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7821.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="470" width_o="700" height_o="492" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7821_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7826.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="472" width_o="700" height_o="494" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7826_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7833.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="700" height_o="525" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7833_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7842.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="450" width_o="700" height_o="471" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2454908/DSCN7842_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/How-do-you-feel-about http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/How-do-you-feel-about Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:41:33 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2448074 A city is a structure that supports our basic social needs. These basic needs like; well being, play, knowledge, community, security etc are embodied in the city structure, surroundings and institutions (places of gathering, worship, learning etc). These areas are defined by a certain typology of space and architecture. In this project we make use of this typology by extracting cutouts from a public space and architecture to form a canvas. The canvases which we extracted are being used to pose questions to the public. Each one of the questions is concerning our primary needs in the city and therefore functions as a reflective image of the public’s sensation in its territory. By using color and primitive shapes the public forms an emotional image of his feelings towards these notions of society. As they were drawn from the city, at the end of each day a canvas will be placed back in the public space as it belongs to the city. <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/knowledge.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="447" width_o="700" height_o="468" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/knowledge_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/Belief.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="290" width_o="700" height_o="303" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/Belief_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/security.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="454" width_o="700" height_o="475" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/security_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/solidarity.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="470" width_o="700" height_o="492" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/solidarity_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/inspiration.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="289" width_o="700" height_o="302" src_o="http://payload7.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2448074/inspiration_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Verveland http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Verveland Sun, 11 Dec 2011 12:33:38 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2439647 The streets were heavy and tired, aged by the monotony of industry. The concrete wore the marks of everyday weariness. The sodium light buzzing on was the only cue that day turning to night. This cycle was a reflection of the machinized repetition of production. There are mechanisms of escape hiding in the thick fog, maybe only captured in a blink of an eye. Identity. Fame. Religion. Indulgence. Violence. Vanity. Isolation. Romance. Mystery. Set against the bleak atmosphere these desires are manufactured, syncronized to the echo of industry, but following an un-predictable randomness. This controlled chaos leaves open the possibilty for spontaneity and unexpected connections. The constant flux highlights the absurdity of city growth and human nature. Has the manufacturing of desires rendered them obsolete? By opening up a flexible platform for play, is there still a need for escape? <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/mapping.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="330" width_o="700" height_o="345" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/mapping_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/production.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="546" width_o="700" height_o="571" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/production_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="502" width_o="700" height_o="525" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/final_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/close up.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="449" width_o="700" height_o="470" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/close up_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/light.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="482" width_o="700" height_o="504" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/light_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/virtual city.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="448" width_o="700" height_o="469" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/virtual city_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/digital city.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="505" width_o="700" height_o="528" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2439647/digital city_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Sampling-ReSampling http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Sampling-ReSampling Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:01:40 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2437432 The assignment was to design a chair and sidetable based on the work of your favorite fashion designer. For me this is Martin Margiela, who says “we don’t design new designs but just reorganize and restructure existing designs”. Margiela plays in his designs for example with the silhouette, as in the collection XXXL with oversized clothing and accessories. The design of the chair is based on this collection and is made of 2nd-hand stuff just like Margiela. The side table had to embody the opposite of the chair. During designing the chair I designed an object that differs from a "standard" chair, by playing with the scale and silhouette. Regard the side table I tried to copy an archetypal side table with reused materials as precise as possible. <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="868" width_o="700" height_o="907" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="536" width_o="700" height_o="561" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image3.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="471" width_o="700" height_o="493" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2437432/image3_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Smart-Limbs http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Smart-Limbs Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:45:38 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2432656 Urban agriculture has becoming more and more important. Throughout the years, agriculture has evolved from micro to macro by evolution of 'tools'. As the scale of agriculture is scaling down back again, how can we redefine tools along with this change? The smallest application for harvesting is on your balcony, the tools should be redesign for this specific context. A tool is an extension of the body. So what is the minimum number and size of gardening tools? The scale of the tools not only relate to the size of the balcony but also relate to the needs and size of storage space (the house). The end result is a series of tools / sculptures / jewelry. <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/hark1.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="323" width_o="700" height_o="338" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/hark1_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/schoffel.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="317" width_o="700" height_o="332" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/schoffel_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/schep.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="316" width_o="700" height_o="331" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/schep_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/hark2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="313" width_o="700" height_o="328" src_o="http://payload6.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2432656/hark2_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Radio-dB http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Radio-dB Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:45:20 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2415963 Designed for the exhibition GROEI by tijdelijk ontwerpers verbond during the DDW 2006. In the imagination of a child everything can be used as something else. For example, a tennis racket can be used as a guitar. With this idea we started combining objects and functions. Together with my interest in electronics and music this lead to a collection portable radios. Inspired by the so desired ghetto blaster of my childhood. All componants are reused <img src="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="312" width_o="700" height_o="327" src_o="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio final_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio4 final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="666" width_o="698" height_o="694" src_o="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio4 final_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio3 final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="413" width_o="700" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio3 final_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio5 final.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="405" width_o="700" height_o="424" src_o="http://payload5.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2415963/radio5 final_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/The-Iceland-Project http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/The-Iceland-Project Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:10:34 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2399542 4 designers working in a workshop for 3 weeks with local materials and craftsmen in eastern Iceland. We concluded that through the harsh climate and remoteness a craft culture never could occur in Iceland. And that the real quality lies in the raw materials as felt, leather, horsehair rope and antlers. Instead of processing, changing those materials, it is interesting to use them as raw as possible by layering, combining, assembling. Revealing the beauty of the material. The Iceland project is about the leak of traditional craftsmanship and about the raw beauty of the material this extraordinary landscape offers. Blog: the iceland project <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/ijsland furniture3_2.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="458" width_o="700" height_o="479" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/ijsland furniture3_2_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/kleine images.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="218" width_o="700" height_o="228" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/kleine images_o.jpg" align="left" /> Comfort in a rough world Mountains, glaciers, rivers, lava fields, coastal, rock and gravel deserts, wind, snow and rain: Iceland. The Icelanders are mostly functional, which is been caused by the harsh climate. Until the beginning of the 20th century houses in Iceland where dig out the ground and the roofs where covered with grass to keep the cold outside. Nowadays most of the materials and products are imported. For example wood is and remains an expensive and hard to get article. Due to the scarcity of wood the Icelandic recycle wood as much as possible. For example, a <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/Iceland project1_1.jpg" border="0" width="459" height="500" width_o="459" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/Iceland project1_1_o.jpg" align="left" /> boat, becomes a church and then used for the construction of a house. Driftwood is often used by the people. People life here more along with nature instead of fighting against it. For example the bridges are very narrow and often with just 1 lane. This because they know that it can be destroyed by Glacier water during a volcano eruption. So than build one that is cheap and quick to rebuild. It’s very efficient and beauty is less important. This became part of the identity of the Icelandic people, they are not interested what other people think about them. It’s all about efficiency and comfort. Big cars to ride over the bumpy roads, thick warm clothes against the cold. In the old days when most people did everything by their own because of the great distance between people. A carpenter would not come to you to fix a window so you were forced to do it yourself. That’s why you don’t find a lot of craftspeople in Iceland. There is no culture in crafts as in the European continent. Where the master would teach the pupil the craft. So what can we do? The best of Iceland is its materials not its crafts. The Icelandic material with their characteristic qualities have to be celebrated. Felt, reindeer leather and Icelandic wood. They have specific textures, qualities and characteristic. Instead of processing, changing those materials, it is interesting to use them as raw as possible by layering, combining, assembling. Revealing the beauty of the material. But it is also important to realize that the idea of final sustainable society can’t be reached. For example, plastic is here and it is a normal part of people’s lives. It has influenced people’s way of comfort and modernity. It is here and can’t be erased. The use of the raw material and use its quality in combination of the accessibility of modern technologies makes it interesting. Because at the end you still want to reach the comfort standard. The question is then much more of how you use these high tech materials. It does not make sense to use them in a structure but more as a aid to help basic materials and techniques to reach the next level. The Iceland project is about the leak of traditional craftsmanship and about the raw beauty of the material this extraordinary landscape offers. <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/knitting.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="319" width_o="700" height_o="334" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2399542/knitting_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://ordodb.com/Family-ID http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/Family-ID Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:55:35 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2398054 An important aspect of trust is recognition. The unknown creates distrust. But it’s not that what you know or what is familiar that will create automatically trust. With recognition you know what to expect and so it will give you confidence. So something we trust has to be close to ourselves. Is there anything closer to us than family? The family trust is due to the similarity that you share biologically and visually. But also the same history background and upbringing. Family or familial may also be that certain people or groups have the same thoughts desires or goals. They share a common aspect. You can split trust in two kinds: biological and cultural aspect. The biological trust you have since you were born. And the cultural trust is based on your experiences and what you have learned. This connection between trust, recognition and family made me think about families within product groups. What is the link between product families, recognition, trust and the user? Every designer tries to make a family when he or she designs a range of products. But the user only sees a family through visual elements (color, material and form). I want to look further than that. The world around us is becoming more abstract, less tangible. It becomes increasingly difficult to understand and to recognize. Through new technologies products fulfill more functions. “form follows function” is no longer usable and recognizability of the function vanishes. With the different covers a brand creates the suggestion that we have a lot to choose. The shell/ outside is just a character. It’s just a façade. But if you look to the inside of the product there are a lot of similarities within different brands. They use the same parts, are made in the same factories and are organized in the same way to make the product. It’s the same as with humans. We are different on the outside but inside we have the same parts and we are built/ organized in the same way.By showing the similarities and patrons to the user recognizability and trust can be created towards the product. And you could link the different parts to the function of the object. After documentation of the phones I looked to the essential parts: Microphone, battery, screen, speaker, antenna, keyboard, foil and a PCB. And organized them again. This recognition will be stronger by using understandable, easy and low tech connection materials that everyone knows and understands. To combine the essential parts of the phone. Beside the understanding of the high-tech by showing it and using low-tech connections it causes that people can build and repair the product. Do it yourself gives a greater sense of confidence, pride and a bond. People have the ability to fantasize, to associate and to experiment so use that. So use that. When I showed these phones to other people it had on first side the opposite effect of my goal of creating more trust. They were afraid because of all the parts and the feeling of fragility. But at the other hand they love them, found them sweet and fascinating. There is a curiosity. This curiosity makes you enthusiastic so you want to go deeper and to investigate more. It drives you into a other dimension of the product. Which in the end can result into a stronger bond with the product. I tried to find a balance between a safe feeling and creating curiosity. “Real” trust needs time. Trust on first side is superficial, subconscious and short-term. For real trust you need time to create a bond. Why do we close and hide everything. Because we think it creates trust by hiding the unknown. To make it easy, readymade pieces. On one hand simple but also disposable en short-lived. Let curiosity lead you. Explore and find a new world. Don’t be afraid, real trust needs time…… <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/ontleding telefoon35.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/ontleding telefoon35_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/pc0703426.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/pc0703426_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/final model 52.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/final model 52_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/final model 63.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/final model 63_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/stappenplan18.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="354" width_o="500" height_o="354" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/stappenplan18_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/model 1-34.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/model 1-34_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 2-28.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 2-28_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 3-410.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 3-410_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 4-1.JPG" border="0" width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 4-1_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 4-311.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 4-311_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 5-312.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 5-312_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 6-213.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 6-213_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 6-314.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 6-314_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 7-115.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 7-115_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 7-316.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="375" width_o="500" height_o="375" src_o="http://payload4.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2398054/phone 7-316_o.jpg" align="left" /> documentation parts final design assembly final design assembly final design assembly phone Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 4 back Model 5 Model 6 Model 6 back Model 7 Model 7 back http://ordodb.com/IDEA-FOR-FREE http://ordodb.com/following/ordodb.com/IDEA-FOR-FREE Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:35:34 +0000 www.ordodb.com 2274763 From the law and designers perspective it’s a big taboo to copy. We always try to strive for originality and even see copying as a criminal act. But isn’t our whole history based on copying and repetition? Everything we learn is the result of studying, absorbing and repeating. Since copying is becoming easier and faster in today’s world copyright becomes harder to control. Therefore original is more cherished and fiercely protected by the owner. This is creating a situation that can no longer be maintained. By looking at intellectual property law, it is only possible to protect the physical expression of a design. The idea, concept or vision can’t be captured, By law no one can own a idea, the idea is free. I took four descriptions of design-classics and discarded the physical elements that are subject to copyright. This way the objects are brought back to their real core. What’s left is the description of the essence of the objects. These descriptions I used as briefs for new products, new assignments. And I made myself stay very strict with the briefs. My outcomes are exact copies but at the same time visually totally different. If we copy with real understanding of the meaning of a product, if we copy the idea, copyrights become irrelevant. Every individual has their own reference, vision, background, location and time, none of the physical outcomes after copying will be the same. Everyone will create their own unique copy. Copyright is dead, long live the copy. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Thonet no. 14.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="905" width_o="818" height_o="1105" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Thonet no. 14_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Starck juicy salif.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="818" height_o="1091" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Starck juicy salif_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Rietveld red blue chair.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="893" width_o="818" height_o="1091" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Rietveld red blue chair_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Castiglioni arco lamp.jpg" border="0" width="670" height="897" width_o="818" height_o="1096" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/5/163427/2274763/Castiglioni arco lamp_o.jpg" align="left" />