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.

Multiple Family

Jetske de Groot
The Netherlands, 2007

Old chairs, carefully disassembled and reinterpreted instead of just being, leading to new chairs that reflect their past history and personality. The Multiple Family consists of different pieces of furniture, created as unique handmade samples, to try to answer a question: “what is the designer’s role in a world that already contains so many products?”. The Multiple Family project was created in 2007 and since then it has continued to expand.