Product designer Alexander Lervik, broadcaster Li Pamp and designer Petter Thorne speak to Dezeen's Marcus Fairs about the line between art and design in this talk filmed for Aritco in Stockholm.
The speakers were gathered by lift manufacturer Aritco to discuss what distinguishes the disciplines of art and design, and to debate the importance of differentiating between the two.
The talk took place in an exhibition of Lervik's artworks titled Imaginations at Sven Harrys art museum in Stockholm. Lervik is a Swedish product designer and artist, whose work is often concerned with questioning the line between art and design.
His projects include a watch with a perforated metal face, and a chair made of wooden rods like a bed of nails.
Speakers included designer Petter Thörne (top left), broadcaster Li Pamp (top right) and product designer Alexander Lervik (bottom right). The discussion was hosted by Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs (bottom left). Appearing alongside Lervik on the panel was Pamp, a Swedish television presenter and design expert known for hosting shows about antiques. Pamp's career began as an art historian and curator of design artefacts at Swedish action houses Bukowskis and Stockholms Auktionsverk.
Also on the panel was Swedish product designer Thörne, co-founder of Swedish design collective Skaparkollektivet Forma. The collective won a Dezeen Award in 2019 for its installation 17,000, which consisted of a wooden superstructure that bears 17,000 individual...