Infecting The City (Design Theory)

Infecting the city...now thats something I'd never heard of before. When I found out that we had to go to the Infecting the City, a lot of things went through my mind. Though I must admit, none of the crazy ideas I had of what it could possibly be about were close. It was quite an interesting and different kind of exhibition.

I was very facinated by it, I though it to be quite clever how the whole exhibition was based on creating art using recycled material, and how they managed to resonate that in all aspects of the exhition (an example of this being the stage that was made from recyled plastic and products made of plastic).

As a jewellery design student, I found that the main focus of the whole exhition was around the art aspect of it, yes there was some theatre (dance and bands playing), but I thought it could've been even more exciting for me had I seen some jewellery made of recycled materials. Maybe looking into getting some jewellery designers, better yet jewellery students, to showcase jewellery in a realaxed art form playing along with the whole idea behind the exhibition. But nontheless, my over all impression was that I loved it, and it was intriguing to see what people can come up with the simplest recycled materials, and also how they viewed certain concepts, an example of this would be that of the artists who put up that whole display of shacks.

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embrace yourself, you'll want to grab a chair

I am not really an orange type of person, but the design of this chair grabbed my attention along with the simple mono- tone colour choice of colour used for this design. This design is called Adelta Ball Chair, and what I love about it is the simple design which in it's own way, is also quite a complex and and obscurely elegant because of the spherical idea of it…much like a planet of sorts.

on the other hand, while on the subject of complexity conflicting with simplicity, and mono- tone clours. elements which this design poses, I however can't seem to find it in myself to be in sync with it. it's quite dark and dull, even though the deign is not a simple one. what i don't really enjoy with the design of the

chair is the plain bottom and the frills which look as though they

are being forced to make the whole piece work. the colour along with the general design have an ominous sort of feel to it.

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while on the topic of chairs, I extended my search a little and looked at jewelry inspired by chairs and what I found was astonishing. this particular pendant is called The pavilion Chair, I happen to have fallen in love with this chair. I love how the white works with the gold, it gives off a very serene vibe and gives and although the chair appears to be quite chunky, the colours of the materials used for this piece give the illusion that it is a light and precious chair.

then there is this piece, I love the martial used, and

the vintage sort of feel it makes, however the two minor details added on to this pendant, make it quite off putting, too old school like for my liking. also the detail put into the casting of this chair have been given very little attention, purely because unlike the first chair, this one looks less believable (unrealistic). though I must admit, the way both chairs hang off their chains work in their own unique ways, and the weights appear to have been distributed quite immaculately.

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