United Bottle.
Courtesy Van Alen Institute
Through 04.15.08
United Bottle
Resident Fellows Dirk Hebel & Jörg Stollmann created United Bottle, a project that proposes a new form of plastic bottle designed to function as an instant building material in crisis situations. The project’s working hypothesis is that design should think beyond the product and consider the waste for future use. During their fellowship term, Hebel and Stollmann will launch the “United Bottle Participate!” campaign, which asks fellow designers, architects, critics, and prospective secondary users to imagine concepts of implementation and design proposals exploring the potential of United Bottle. The Participate! contributions will be exhibited with a full-scale bottle shelter that explores and tests a variety of building materials and construction methods.
Van Alen Institute
30 West 22nd Street, NYC
New City concept, 2008.
Peter Frankfurt/Imaginary Forces, Greg Lynn/GL Form, and Alex McDowell, courtesy Museum of Modern Art
Through 05.12.08
Design and the Elastic Mind
This exhibition explores the reciprocal relationship between science and design in the contemporary world. More than 200 objects, installations, and concepts are on display, ranging from images of nanoscopic devices to vehicles, from appliances to interfaces, and from pragmatic solutions for everyday use to provocative ideas meant to influence future choices.
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street, NYC