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The program is supported this year by Design Milk, rOtring, HP and molo
“The birth of paper originates from a need to write, illustrate, and document; it is the medium on which marks are made. But when creative attention is turned to the material itself, the medium becomes the object and the true personality of paper emerges.” —Paper: Tear Fold Rip Crease Cut.
OriAkari Light by Scott Lee + Hayato Saito
The 2014 WantedDesign Design Schools Workshop challenges students to re-envision the expressive qualities of paper in the context of ubiquitous computing, much as painting was reinvented after the camera was popularized. There is a revolution in the exploration of paper, from building components, to 3D paper-printing, to computational origami, to innovative and renewable materials. Designers have the unique role and responsibility to harness paper’s inherent qualities of tactility, dimensionality, and physicality. This workshop challenges student teams to create a variety of new applications for paper as a creative vehicle rather than as a passive receptor (something on which to write or print). With this aim, paper will be explored far beyond the limits of the print medium to newly harness its inherent elegance, dimensionality, and emotionality. International student teams will collaborate to explore paper as a material for expression in the design of lighting, furniture, home goods, wearables and spatial environments. Fresh new designs will emerge from research into: the history of paper as a carrier of culture and tradition (ornamentation, lanterns, and festivals); the intersection of analog and digital; and sustainability through opportunities to reduce carbon footprint and re-/up-cycle.
Medusa Light by Roxy Russell
Art Center College of Design’s Associate Professors of Environmental Design, Penny Herscovitch & Dan Gottlieb, will lead the 2014 workshop. For more than 80 years, Art Center has achieved an international reputation for a rigorous, transdisciplinary curriculum, faculty of professionals, strong ties to industry and a commitment to socially responsible design. In recognition of its success in applying design innovations for humanitarian purposes worldwide, Art Center became the first design college to be granted NGO status with the United Nations.
rOtring was born in 1928, in the era of the influential Bauhaus design school in Germany, whose modernist “Art into Industry” philosophy still inspires our unique approach to design today. To inspire the world’s creatives, rOtring launches its “Think On. Create.” global campaign in the form of sketching and design challenges. Commencing in May via rOtring’s digital and social media platforms, the challenges are an effort to highlight sketching and thinking as the start of every creative process. The students will receive rOtring creative tools to fuel their work during WantedDesign and beyond.
photo courtesy of rOtring