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year 1998
material wood
source title The Furniture Machine: Furniture Since 1990
info Dunne & Raby do not accept that objects, furniture or appliances have to look or perform as they do. They are chiefly concerned with questioning how people relate to each other and to the modern world, and the role of design as a conduit. For example, the Weeds, Aliens and Other Stories collection (1998, designed with Michael Anastassiades) explored the emotional bond of people to their gardens as a metaphor for the psychological terrain of interpersonal relationships. This was ‘design noir’, a term Dunne & Raby invented to describe design that explored issues of alienation and existential angst.
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year 1998
material wood
source title The Furniture Machine: Furniture Since 1990
info Dunne & Raby do not accept that objects, furniture or appliances have to look or perform as they do. They are chiefly concerned with questioning how people relate to each other and to the modern world, and the role of design as a conduit. For example, the Weeds, Aliens and Other Stories collection (1998, designed with Michael Anastassiades) explored the emotional bond of people to their gardens as a metaphor for the psychological terrain of interpersonal relationships. This was ‘design noir’, a term Dunne & Raby invented to describe design that explored issues of alienation and existential angst.
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