Portable Living Suitcase, Lunchbox, Drawer & Container by Esteemed Designer |
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| DESIGN NAME: Portable Living PRIMARY FUNCTION: Suitcase, Lunchbox, Drawer & Container INSPIRATION: Architecture, lego toys & consumerism UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: My artistic goal is to explore the way people inhabit and understand spaces. To express that idea, I made lunchboxes, suitcases, drawers and storage containers which contain living spaces inside. My work illustrates portable and instant lifestyles which are prevalent in our society. I chose legos because they are associated with architectural forms, which have industrial and mechanical functions. I create lighting effects without using electricity. I use fluorescent plexiglas to make my work glow like neon lighting. I also made home-like structures encased in forms resembling consumer products, like storage containers. To me, a house is a giant container that holds everything we own, including ourselves. This new work is constructed from semi-translucent white and fluorescent plexiglas, and legos – with the addition of mirrored surfaces and more complex interior patterns and designs, creating a wide array of optical variation in the interiors as well as on the exterior surfaces. My integration of house into container, or vice-versa, plays on the idea that the functional similarities between the two are interchangeable, and that either one could potentially store the other. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Viewers can open and close all of the products and store things inside. Drawers can have different views depending on whether they're opened or closed. When opened, the space inside expands. When closed, the space is condensed. Viewers can see the differences through the lego windows. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: New York, NY FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Fine Arts and Art Installation Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Legos, Fluorescent Plexiglas, Semi-Translucent White Plexiglas & Stainless Steel, laser-cutting, plastics adhesive SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Dimensions: 1. Diner Lunchbox. 203.2 x 114.3 x 228.6 mm. 2. Highrise II. 431.8 x 254 x 711.2 mm. 3. Containers. 660.4 x 406.4 x 1778 mm. 4. Green Room Drawer. 203.2 x 635 x 254 mm. 5. Mounted House Drawer. 406.4 x 406.4 x 203.2 mm. Technical properties: 1.“Diner Lunchbox” is lunchbox-sized sculpture, created to highlight the concept that lifestyles can be as portable as an everyday container. The shape of the white windows reminds me of a diner restaurant in a rural place.2.Highrise II” is a traveling suitcase. It has a handle and hinges so that it can be opened, closed, and carried. It contains 144 lego windows. 3."Containers&q TAGS: Sculpture, Design, Luggage, Containers, Furniture, Drawers, Legos, Plexiglas, Lunchboxes RESEARCH ABSTRACT: - CHALLENGE: I have only created rectangular- and square-shape products. In the future, I would like to create deformed or irregular cubic shapes or round shapes. These works have to be made by creating molds. ADDED DATE: 2010-09-08 06:28:03 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : NO TEAM IMAGE CREDITS: Esteemed Designer, 2010. |
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Portable Living Suitcase, Lunchbox, Drawer & Container by Esteemed Designer is Winner in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Category, 2010 - 2011.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Esteemed Designer. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Esteemed Designer. |
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