Many works of the French designer Matali Crasset address the problem of cramped home living conditions. The flexible and versatile furniture she designs is open to multiple uses in the existing surroundings, whether for work or guests. Here, the efficient use of the available space seems to support a “ballast”-free lifestyle, which is either economically conditioned or based on the philosophy of “less is more.".  At the same time her functional designs correspond to a mobile way of life that today has occasionally become fetishistic, tending towards  multiple living spaces and workplaces. A 2-day workshop is being organized as part of the departure/MAK cooperation design> neue strategien in which participants can get to know the Parisian artist’s design practice, whose sometimes purely conceptual works are rooted in the contexts of art as well as design. With the motto “Personal Anchoring and Strong Identification”, she is using the environment provided by the MAK exhibition NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0 New Liberated Living? (14 June–6 October 2013) and the work she created for it, Root ‘n’ Books. An Identity Anchor in Nomadic Times, which she is discussing with the public as part of a d>talk within the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, and which is the impulse for this workshop.  Matali Crasset is a designer with a studio in Paris; her portfolio encompasses everything from industrial design and architecture to interior design and graphics. Despite in-depth research, she leaves plenty of scope in her work method for a naïve perspective on everyday and future scenarios and for experimentation. This results in extremely individual and unusual designs that are commercially implemented by firms such as Edra, Artemide and Authentics, etc., as well as installations in the art space, as at present with Voyage to Ochronia! in the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris. matalicrasset.com The workshop is designed to appeal to pre-graduation students and to starters in design and the creative industries who are fascinated by interdisciplinary work. Please apply for the workshop, which is limited to a maximum of 20 participants, with a motivation letter of maximally 500 characters to d-lab@departure.at by 23 September 2013. Participation is free of charge. Any costs for material, if not available in the workshop, are to be borne by the participants.Programme development:Thomas Geisler, Curator MAK Design Collection, Anne Zimmermann, concept and project management of departure – Die Kreativagentur der Stadt Wien  In the context of design> neue strategien, a cooperation of MAK & departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna           WorkshopThursday, 3. October andFriday, 4. October 201310 a.m.–6 p.m.MAK Exhibition HallWeiskirchnerstraße 3, Vienna 1Workshop in EnglishParticipation is free of charge. Any costs for material, if not available in the workshop, are to be borne by the participants.Application till23. September 2013 tod-lab@departure.at
Many works of the French designer Matali Crasset address the problem of cramped home living conditions. The flexible and versatile furniture she designs is open to multiple uses in the existing surroundings, whether for work or guests. Here, the efficient use of the available space seems to support a “ballast”-free lifestyle, which is either economically conditioned or based on the philosophy of “less is more.". At the same time her functional designs correspond to a mobile way of life that today has occasionally become fetishistic, tending towards multiple living spaces and workplaces.
A 2-day workshop is being organized as part of the departure/MAK cooperation design> neue strategien in which participants can get to know the Parisian artist’s design practice, whose sometimes purely conceptual works are rooted in the contexts of art as well as design. With the motto “Personal Anchoring and Strong Identification”, she is using the environment provided by the MAK exhibition NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0 New Liberated Living? (14 June–6 October 2013) and the work she created for it, Root ‘n’ Books. An Identity Anchor in Nomadic Times, which she is discussing with the public as part of a d>talk within the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, and which is the impulse for this workshop.
Matali Crasset is a designer with a studio in Paris; her portfolio encompasses everything from industrial design and architecture to interior design and graphics. Despite in-depth research, she leaves plenty of scope in her work method for a naïve perspective on everyday and future scenarios and for experimentation. This results in extremely individual and unusual designs that are commercially implemented by firms such as Edra, Artemide and Authentics, etc., as well as installations in the art space, as at present with Voyage to Ochronia! in the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris. matalicrasset.com
The workshop is designed to appeal to pre-graduation students and to starters in design and the creative industries who are fascinated by interdisciplinary work. Please apply for the workshop, which is limited to a maximum of 20 participants, with a motivation letter of maximally 500 characters to d-lab@departure.at by 23 September 2013. Participation is free of charge. Any costs for material, if not available in the workshop, are to be borne by the participants.
Programme development:
A 2-day workshop is being organized as part of the departure/MAK cooperation design> neue strategien in which participants can get to know the Parisian artist’s design practice, whose sometimes purely conceptual works are rooted in the contexts of art as well as design. With the motto “Personal Anchoring and Strong Identification”, she is using the environment provided by the MAK exhibition NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0 New Liberated Living? (14 June–6 October 2013) and the work she created for it, Root ‘n’ Books. An Identity Anchor in Nomadic Times, which she is discussing with the public as part of a d>talk within the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK, and which is the impulse for this workshop.
Matali Crasset is a designer with a studio in Paris; her portfolio encompasses everything from industrial design and architecture to interior design and graphics. Despite in-depth research, she leaves plenty of scope in her work method for a naïve perspective on everyday and future scenarios and for experimentation. This results in extremely individual and unusual designs that are commercially implemented by firms such as Edra, Artemide and Authentics, etc., as well as installations in the art space, as at present with Voyage to Ochronia! in the Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in Paris. matalicrasset.com
The workshop is designed to appeal to pre-graduation students and to starters in design and the creative industries who are fascinated by interdisciplinary work. Please apply for the workshop, which is limited to a maximum of 20 participants, with a motivation letter of maximally 500 characters to d-lab@departure.at by 23 September 2013. Participation is free of charge. Any costs for material, if not available in the workshop, are to be borne by the participants.
Programme development:
Thomas Geisler, Curator MAK Design Collection, Anne Zimmermann, concept and project management of departure – Die Kreativagentur der Stadt Wien
In the context of design> neue strategien, a cooperation of MAK & departure – The Creative Agency of the City of Vienna
Workshop
Thursday, 3. October andFriday, 4. October 2013
10 a.m.–6 p.m.
MAK Exhibition Hall
Weiskirchnerstraße 3, Vienna 1
Workshop in English
Participation is free of charge. Any costs for material, if not available in the workshop, are to be borne by the participants.
Application till
23. September 2013 to
d-lab@departure.at