Bits ‘N Pieces Exhibit
October 29th, 2009 byAMT studio's Store
Bits ‘n Pieces to debut at Material ConneXion®, November 4-JANUARY 4, 2010 (It has been extended)
Interactive exhibition to examine dialogue between the analog world and digital technologies transforming design in a post-digital era.
Featuring furniture, architecture, jewelry, graphics and products by Steve Breman, Doug Bucci, Edhv, Willem Derks, Jan Habraken, Ilona Huvenaars, Joris Laarman, Jennifer Leonard, Thomas Lommée, MakerBot, Lucas Maassen, Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT), THEVERYMANY, Alex Timmer, UNFOLD, Remon van den Eijnden, and Tyche van Eijndhoven.
Global materials consultancy Material ConneXion will premier Bits ‘n Pieces, an interactive traveling exhibition exploring the rapidly advancing technologies and new materials transforming the world of design.
Curated by Dutch and Belgian designers Claire Warnier and Dries Verbruggen of UNFOLD, Lucas Maassen, Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT), the exhibition will feature work by an international group of designers, architects, computer scientists and material and technology researchers that anticipates the next phase of the digital revolution.
Through objects such as furniture, architecture, jewelry, graphic design and products, by the creative minds of Steve Breman, Doug Bucci, Edhv, Willem Derks, Jan Habraken, Ilona Huvenaars, Joris Laarman, Thomas Lommée, Jennifer Leonard, MakerBot, Lucas Maassen, Alissia Melka-Teichroew (byAMT), Dries Verbruggen, THEVERYMANY, Alex Timmer, UNFOLD, Remon van den Eijnden, and Tyche van Eijndhoven, Bits ‘n Pieces will examine how design is both conceived and consumed in the post-digital age. Projects like Lucas Maassen and Dries Verbruggen’s Brain Wave Sofa, whose shape was entirely determined by recording Maassen’s neural activity while thinking of comfort, and MakerBot’s open source 3D printer, which enables individuals to turn out complicated 3D forms quickly and affordably, highlight not only what is possible in the realm of manufacturing and design, but also what is to come.
Bits ‘n Pieces will also feature Part(s) for display, an installation by THEVERYMANY, which is part contribution to the exhibition and part display for the exhibition itself, as well as a 3D Forum, developed by IDEO’s Jennifer Leonard and Bits ‘n Pieces’ curators, which allows viewers to reflect on what they are experiencing by answering questions that Leonard poses about the exhibition. Viewers’ written responses are then recorded in real-time through a Conversatin Bits notepad (designed by Steve Breman, Alex Timmer, Remon van den Eijnden, and Tyche van Eijndhoven) and posted on www.bitsnpiecesnyc.com.
