Forms with a Smile: Design Today (English, Dutch)

Moniek M. Bucquoye
Forms with a Smile: Design Today (English, Dutch)



Издательство: ACC Distribution
Жанр: ACC Distribution

Качество: Хорошее
Страниц: 160
Формат: pdf, fb2, epub

Today surrealism may be firstly known as a school in literature and fine arts, but the influence of this 20th-century school on other domains cannot be underestimated. The world of contemporary design doesn't escape a healthy portion of surreal humour. Forms with a smile bundles designs and objects of modern surrealists and shows that nothing is what it seems to be. Hairy carpets, lamps in the shape of a milk bottle, USB sticks cut from wood branches or chairs made from plush toys. Is it just humour? Or is it a stimulating statement wrapped in a contagious smile? Just like surrealism, design sometimes tells more than we think. Armed with subtle irony these new surrealists wage war against a world reigned by a certain sérieux. Text in English and Dutch.