The value of making prototypes to test, refine and improve ideas is the subject of an exhibition at Adelaide’s JamFactory, writes Anthony Caggiano.
September 2nd, 2011
Curated by Margaret Hancock, Prototyping : Making Ideas showcases the methodologies several Australian artists used to develop their products.
“The journey from ideas and sketches, through prototypes to final product, can be a long process and it is rare that just one prototype of any design is created,” Hancock said.
“Through presenting early prototypes at various stages, the exhibition plots this challenging and exciting trial and error stage.”
Illumine decanter and tumbler. Image Ashlee Page
She said it also highlights the hands-on skills of designer/makers and/or the relationships between designers and the artisans they work with to produce prototypes.
South Australian-based designer John Quan’s Flexible Desk Lamp evolved from experiments after reading an article about steam-bending timber using hot water and fabric softener.
“This particular technique did not work for Quan but the article’s description of timber as ’flexible as wet spaghetti’ intrigued him,” Hancock said.
“He started exploring ways of breaking the lignum bonds to make timber more flexible.”
The prototyped lamp has an aluminium sheet laminated between layers of timber veneer. LED lights, wiring, European beech veneer and aluminium are laminated together in a single process using a multi-part mould.
Other artists on show include JamFactory production manager Emma Aiston of DANIEL.EMMA, designers in residence Simone LeAmon and Adam Goodrum and alumni Karen Cunningham and Mandi King.
Daniel Emma D_E Collection. Image Rodrick Bond
Adam Goodrum Chatterbox sidetables. Image Paul Pavlou
Rohan Nicol Stretchlight
Main image: Simone LeAmon La Prima Ballerina. Image Andrew Curtis
JamFactory
jamfactory.com.au
A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers
Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!
Australia’s leading producer of solid-engineered oak flooring has recently launched a new suite of innovative resources to support creativity and ambition in the architecture and design community.
Natural forms meet technological sophistication to produce GH Commercial’s Pattern Perfect® Native Collection of carpets. Step inside the factory to see how local flavours inform the design.
For the A&D community, there is constant pressure to be productive, creative, and get things done. They rely on their partners to do the job well and efficiently; they require suppliers they can trust. But what exactly makes a good supplier? What are the A&D community looking for and how can suppliers meet those demands?
Group exhibition explores relationship between art and architecture, 29 May – July 5 2008.
The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed
The Living Space category at the 2023 INDE.Awards showcases homes that are innovative, multi-detailed and beautifully resolved. This category affords the chance to explore what makes a house a perfect home and sets the bar high for residential design right across the Indo-Pacific region.
Architect James Davidson of JDA Co. wants to move the dial faster on making homes safer, insurance cheaper and enabling communities to rebuild better when natural disaster strikes.