Something you should know about me is that I have a short attention span. I bloggered Cranbrook Academy of Art a few months back, with this 3d design collective of students in mind. To be more specific, they were the purpose of the post. And yet, somehow, I never got to them. Probably because it took a bit more work to get their images uploaded......
Anyway, they're on my mind again tonight and I thought I'd finally post. The truly relevant stuff is never long forgotten.
Innate Gestures is a collective of 13 3d design students at Cranbrook that took on a Masters studio with 2 'Master' designers; one of the school's designer-in-residences, Scott Klinker, and guest designer Leon Ransmeier. Small studios have been becoming increasingly significant in the design world over the last decade, often dreaming up 'products' (I hate using that term because the pieces are so much more....) that are far simpler, more beautiful and functional than those of much larger manufacturers.
From their site:
"Our interactions with objects are informed not only by acquired knowledge and comparison, but also by nuanced physical relationships with the body. Innate Gestures strives to isolate and amplify the natural sensory cues that make everyday objects intuitive, pleasurable, and simple to interact with"
Brilliant.
From top:
The Innate Gestures Collective on the grounds at Cranbrook
The collection
Waste bin by Youngeun Lee
Coat Rack by Isaac Chen
Triad by Talha B. Khwaja
Symmetrican by Saebyul Lim
Bench #7 by Bob Turek
Magazine Hanger by Isaac Chen
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"Carmen Feudenthal (photographer) and Elle Verhagen (stylist) have been working as a creative team since 1989. Their collaboration with fashion designers, performers and other artists results in a wide variety of work, which is, at the same time, always recognizable by a typical humoristic approach of daily life and an undeniable style, using and abusing contemporary imagery and (photo)graphic techniques"
