shivering-bowls – 大作社

Triennale Design Museum, Milan

2012.12

for Triennale Design Museum

A set of bowls for the KAMA. Sex & Design exhibition at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.The curators asked eight designers to create an object, in conjunction with an exhibition that explored ideas of eros in design from ancient times to the present, from a cultural anthropology and mythical perspective. We located the intersection of eros and design in the spiritual pleasure provided by an object’s touch, and decided to make an extremely thin bowl out of silicon for our contribution. The bowl resembles a ceramic one, but with a tension to this perception, generated by the extreme thinness that would be impossible to achieve with clay. The bowl changes shape as easily as liquid when it is touched, and continues to quiver momentarily in response to the outside force. We wanted to express eros through a design that invokes desire – a design that viewers simply can’t bear not to touch.

一套KAMA碗。米兰三年展设计博物馆的性与设计展览。策展人要求八位设计师创作一个物品，并结合一个展览，从文化人类学和神话的角度探索从古代到现在的设计中的爱欲观念。我们将爱欲和设计的交叉点放在物体触摸所提供的精神愉悦中，并决定用硅制作一个极薄的碗，以便我们做出贡献。这个碗类似于陶瓷碗，但是这种感觉的张力是由粘土无法实现的极薄所产生的。当触摸时，碗状物像液体一样容易变形，并且响应于外力而继续瞬间颤动。我们想通过一种唤起欲望的设计来表达爱欲 - 一种观众根本无法忍受的设计。