Connections: Experimental Design

Abstract

Connections: Experimental Design exhibits cutting-edge experimental design from Barcelona, London, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Amsterdam. Curated by Katherine Moline at the School of Design Studies, College of Fine Arts the exhibition is a contribution to the ConnectED conference at the University of New South Wales. ConnectED, an initiative of the Faculties of the Built Environment, Engineering and College of Fine Arts, examines multidisciplinary design practices and approaches in education. The exhibition includes the most recent associations forged between the previously disparate specialisations of design, engineering and art, and presents the critical application of integrated and experimental thinking to both imaginary and real world situations. In so doing, it presents practical examples of how designers, engineers, and artists challenge conventions that are embedded in contemporary design culture: Cecil Balmond and Arup AGU; Jop van Bennekom; Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby; Saul Griffith and Selena Griffith; Marti Guixe; Ana Mir & Emili Padros (Emiliana); Jenny E. Sabin; Anne Wilson.