POETICS OF DESIGN

Design research goes well beyond the functional aspects of repairability, suggesting a new aesthetic of imperfection, or actively involving users in the production, repair and modification of objects.

Chicle Project

Hella Jongerius, Jongeriuslab
The Netherlands, 2009

Part of a larger research project of Hella Jongerius on the aesthetics of uncertainty, this is one of the experiments initiated with a group of internationally renowned designers by the Nature Conservancy. The vase is made of chicle, a natural latex derived from the chicozapote trees of the Mexican rain forest, and other materials. It was shown for the first time at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, in 2009.
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