Design by Performance 

Performance and Performativity in Design 
14/03/2010 - 30/05/2010

Z33 
Zuivelmarkt 33 
3500 Hasselt 
Belgium
The boundaries between art and experimental design are becoming ever more blurred. Z33 
already focussed on this phenomenon in ‘Designing Critical Design’, which featured 
designers who introduce a critical viewpoint on design and on their own practice. 
’Design by Performance’ is a showcase for performative trends in contemporary design. 
The exhibition doesn’t focus on finished products, but on the production process itself: 
objects whose realisation is a continuous project, affected or formed by either the 
environment, the specific situation they are placed in, or the audience / visitors. 
Processes and performances constitute a crucial part of Design by Performance, lending 
the exhibition an unpredictable and transformative character, and converting what is 
otherwise a static ‘exhibition space’ into a space open to action and change.

Participants
Atelier NL (NL), Maarten Baas (NL),  Pieke Bergmans (NL),  David Bowen (USA), Oscar Diaz (UK), Edhv (NL), Front (Sw), Martino Gamper (UK), Simon Heijdens (UK/NL), Eric Klarenbeek (NL), Sofie Lachaert & Luc d’Hanis (B), Laurent Liefooghe (B), Lawrence Malstaf (B), Bruno Munari (IT), Markus Schinwald (Au), Studio Glithero (UK), Studio Libertiny (NL), Tjep. (NL), Unfold & Tim Knapen (B)

Rita’s Chair, Left and Right
2008
A set of 12 chairs in teak, walnut, ash, upholstery, plywood
65 x 55 x 80 cm
Nilufar Edition

Carpet Future
Made for Designer of the Future award and exhibition:
Design Miami/ Basel
2008
Hand woven, natural wool
300 x 200 cm
Nilufar Edition

Tangram
Made for Designer of the Future award and exhibition:
Design Miami/ Basel
2008
Modular tables made from terrazzo, galvanized steel, oak, walnut, ash legs, marble gravel.
Dimensions variable, 3 different heights:
42/ 57/ 72 cm
Nilufar Edition

Cuttings
2008
Vases made from reclaimed material
Various sizes
Nilufar edition

The Arnold Circus stools comes in a
variety of colours please contact us
for current availability.
We can ship worldwide please contact us
for a quote.

Stanze e Camere + 100 Chairs in 100 Days
Martino Gamper
6 October – 8 November 2009
Triennale Design Museum, Milano, Italy
In Collaboration with Gallery Nilufar
Curated by Silvana Annicchiarico
www.triennale.it
www.triennaledesignmuseum.it

Autoprogettazione Revisited: Easy-to-assemble Furniture Enzo Mari and invited guests
Architectural Association, London
03 - 27 October 2009

Autoprogettazione Revisted is a group exhibition that traces the influence of renowned Italian designer Enzo Mari’s 1970’s project for self-made furniture. Using the AA Gallery as a project space, nine artists and designers were commissioned to respond to Mari’s instruction-based furniture plans with their own set of instructions.

For Mari, the quality and integrity of a piece of work is determined when the shape of an object does not ‘seem’ but simply ‘is’. In a text accompanying the instructions, he writes that ‘anyone, apart from factories and traders, can use the designs to make them by themselves’. Seen originally by Mari as a means for the self-fabrication of quality design objects, Autoprogettazione continues today as an expression of open source and collaborative design thinking made topical by a recent proliferation of digital technologies.

Invited artists/designers: Phyllida Barlow; Broussard/Seilles; Martino Gamper; Graham Hudson; Keung Caputo; Lucas Maassen; Joe Pipal

With thanks to: The studio of Enzo Mari; Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Parma; and the Triennale Design Museum, Milano.
taken from the press release

www.aaschool.ac.uk

db Sedia
2009

London Design Festival
19 Sept - 27 Sept 2009
V & A Museum, London

We felt Britain deserved a pat on the back this year for services to design, which have surged of late, both in interest and success on a global scale, so we set about commissioning one of London’s most exciting resident designers (well versed in the art of chairs) to build an arch using chairs from one of Britain’s most historic manufacturers. Martino Gamper was the man, Ercol the manufacturer and together, with construction expertise from engineers Atelier One, the contemporary arch took shape.
Taken from the press release
In collaboration with Wallpaper* Magazine, Ercol and Atelier One

Images ©Anthony Dickenson (www.stemagency.com)