Interview with Denis Santachiara

Paola Proverbio: The 1985 exhibit “La Neomerce. Il design dell’invenzione e dell’estasi artificiale”, created by you and supported by Montedison’s “Progetto Cultura”, was definitely paradigmatic, as you clearly showed the way towards a new design based on ‘soft’ electronic and computer technologies, of which you saw sensorial and poetical elements. After may years, what direction… Continua a leggere Interview with Denis Santachiara

The pr-objects from the age of Adhocracy

‘Adhocracy’ is the exhibition curated by Joseph Grima at the first Istanbul Design Biennial, but more that it is a concept, a tool, a tentative answer to the question of the evolving role of the practical design, the designer and the user-producer in our contemporary society.

In this article the ‘pr-ojects’ described provide some provocative answers to the following questions:
Why are we talking about design in Istanbul? How does the open-source system and 3D printing change the production and authorship of objects? How does open-design empower the user? And thus, what are the social and political implications of networking and sharing knowledge of new technologies? “Adhocracy” è la mostra curata Joseph Grima alla prima Istanbul Design Biennial, ma prima di questo è un concetto, uno strumento, il tentativo di dare una risposta alle questioni relative all’evoluzione che stanno avendo il ruolo delle pratiche del progetto, del designer e dell’user-producer nella nostra società contemporanea. In questo articolo i ‘pr-oggetti’ descritti forniscono alcune provocanti risposte alle seguenti questioni: perchè parliamo di design a Istanbul? Come i sistemi open-source e le stampanti 3D cambiano la produzione e l’autorialità degli oggetti? Come l’open-design emancipa l’utente? Quindi, quali sono le implicazioni sociali e politiche nella condivisione partecipata della conoscenza attraverso le nuove tecnologie?