Design Trends: Edelkoort and Moss on Collaboration
More on the Hammer Conversations: Li Edelkoort and Murray Moss that took place on May 21st. Collaboration and connection are emergent design themes that both speakers see continuing into the foreseeable future. Edelkoort used an image of a Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peiz bench that was designed for the Richard Meier designed addition to the Arp Museum in Germany as a point of discussion. The bench acknowledges that we all belong together, but that we still require our own space. The public wishes to be connected as individuals, each free to “sit” in the group as they choose.
This piece launched a little sidebar about how we furnish. Moss made the comment that we have to have a three seater sofa, two side chairs and a coffee table in our living room… or do we. Why can’t we think outside the box and have something as beautiful as this bench, and nothing else. He took it a little further suggesting that maybe we shouldn’t have any furniture at all… instead maybe we should purchase the most fabulous wine glass ever, just one, and use every night, sitting on the floor…
The trend is the emotional relationship with matter that is manifesting itself in collaboration, family and connectedness.
