RCA students question "absurdity" of traditional supply chains in (Un)finished showcase
Hyper-local materials and production processes take centre stage in (Un)finished, a showcase of work by 17 design graduates from the Royal College of Art that was created largely during the coronavirus lockdown.
The exhibition, which was presented at the London Design Festival as part of the Brompton Design District, captures the unique constraints placed on the student's work as a result of the ongoing pandemic and offers thoughts on how design could lead to a more sustainable, connected future.
The Second Life collection was made by Maria Ramon Vasquez
"A lot of these projects are about what you can adapt to do as a designer, that you can do at home and do locally," Georgia Cottington, a student who helped to organise the event, told Dezeen. "It's about ingenuity, resourcefulness and making us think about systems and materials," added Jane Withers, who curated this year's reduced, pandemic-friendly Brompton Design District programme.
"None of us has ever experienced anything like this but what I'm interested in is creative responses, so how we can not just carry on but learn from this""
Rashmi Bidasaria's Kaarigari textile and Rowan Vyvyan's Best Stool were exhibited in the (Un)finished showcase
With campuses closed, the international members of the MA Design Products degree were dispersed around the world, with many losing access to their studios and material supplies.
In response, various projects make use of locally foraged materials ...
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Shift Chair by Jonas Forsman for Moooi created using 3D knitting |
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