History of Design – G1

Blast Theory

For my Hyperessay, I chose a new media piece by a Portslade-based artists’ group called Blast Theory, renown for their works that mix interactive media, digital broadcasting and live performance. The piece is an interactive, immersive, and collaborative work called, “I’d Hide You”. Linked below is the trailer for Blast Theory’s, “I’d Hide You”.

https://vimeo.com/48141546

But who and what is Blast Read more →

WHY I CHOSE HIM AND THE ARTWORK: Tracking Transience 2.0

Hasan Elahi is a Bangladeshi-born American artist who plays with the concept of identity and privacy in the technological filled 21st century. He uses this concept and manipulates art and technology in a distinctive way that has gotten me in awe. Hasan Elahi shows us how to use technology, which Read more →

The artist I am choosing is teamLab.

teamLab is a Japanese collective, interdisciplinary group that uses digital media as their playground for art-making through the use of augmented reality, interactive spaces, and various technologies.  Calling themselves ‘ultra-technologists,’ teamLab aims to achieve a balance between art, science, technology and creativity.

teamLab was founded in 2001, a company that did not made it in art, but Read more →

Mona Hatoum incorporates technology and often engages the viewers to participate in her work. Hatoum uses materials that resonate with her, but also makes sure the materials or how she portrays the materials also resonate similarly to the audience.

I choose to revolve my hyperessay around her as her works often explores how technology can affect the human condition. As per Read more →

Originating in post World-War ll Italy, Postmodernism was a counter-movement against Modernism which rose to popularity in the late 20th century (1980-90s).

It rejected the industrial process and favoured going out of the box rather than go along with cultural trends and changes. It questioned the emphasis modernists placed on logic, simplicity and order. Postmodernism held an attitude of scepticism and Read more →

The artist that I have chosen would be  Mona Hatoum, a new media artist who is also known for her performance and artistic persona. 

The main factors that I would parallel from Interactive Media to my hyper-essay would be the immersive and hypermedia qualities present in most of Hatoum’s art pieces.

Hatoum’s background provides a strong foundation for Read more →

Droog is an art collective consisting of a loose group of designers that initially came together in April 1993, when Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker presented a collection of products at the Milan Furniture Fair. Named after the Dutch word for “dry”, signifying the dry wit of the collection, Droog has continued to grow into a company with several outlets Read more →

Droog started as an experiment. In April 1993, Dutch design historian, Renny Ramakers and industrial designer, Gijs Bakker presented a collection at the International Furniture Fair in Milan, not knowing how the public would respond to it. A stark contrast from the high-art, sleek furniture displayed, their collection consisted of second-hand objects that were simple and whimsical. They called it Read more →

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History of Design

Deconstructivism

       Not considered an art movement but a common way of thinking and executing ideas, Deconstructivism begun as late as 1980 but continues to leave an impact on the modern landscape. Deconstructivism proliferated at around the 1980s, after the decline of Anti design and Memphis. Yet, all Read more →