Exhibition / Abstract and Concret

Curator / Ding Yi

Project Manager / Chen Furong

Video / Xinqiao

Curator Assistant / Zou Zhiming

Curatorial / Liu Fengyuan  ;  Shen Xinyi  ;  Hou Siyu

Year / 2013

Diverse urban lifestyles come from a fusion of professional, abstract principles of design philosophy and the spare-time, more concrete design energy of laymen. This philosophy and energy are themselves a byproduct of the original concept of design.

This exhibit centers on explorative design by independent designers and artists, leaping outside the conventional “design” box and enriching the expressive power of design. The future of design will rely on innovation of thought and an inclusiveness that begins with education. Design should not be trammeled by practical requirements. It must break outside the box and pioneer beyond the bounds of normal thought. When design no longer has a clear goal in mind, designers can perhaps discover brand new possibilities. Nor is design the exclusive property of professional designers: spare-time and non-mainstream creators and those who think outside the box all fall outside the lofty philosophy of design and yet their instinctive, layman creativity may be just the place where design’s potential is tapped.

策展人： 丁  乙

项目负责人： 陈福荣
视频： 新  橋
项目助理： 邹志明

策展助理：刘冯源 沈心怡 侯斯妤

形而上的设计思想与形而下的民间业余设计力量共同构建了城市的多层面生活方式,也是对“设计”本体概念的扩展。

以独立设计师与艺术家的实验性设计为主线,跨越设计的边界、 拓展设计的语言范畴。设计的未来将建立在新思想的产生和培育为基础的跨界领域。设计不仅仅受限于现实的适用性,更需要突破常规思维,预见性地尝试超越体系的局限。当模糊了设计针对性时,设计师也许能够重新发现新的可能。设计并不是设计师的 专利,非逻辑性思维、业余、非主流创意者皆在形而上系统之外,但这些来自本能的或非专业性的创造力或许正是设计潜质发现的试验场。

Zeng  Xianrong

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