Suomen suurimman sisustus- ja designtapahtuman, Habitaren kansainväliset huippuvieraat luennoivat Designmuseossa.
Keskiviikkona 13.9. klo 12:30 Designmuseossa kuullaan Habitare-suunnittelukilpailun päätuomaria, arkkitehti David van Severeniä, joka on maineikkaan belgialaisen OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severenin osakas.
Perjantaina 15.9. klo 14:00 Designmuseossa kuullaanHabitaren keynote-puhujaa Jonathan Olivaresia. Olivares on yhdysvaltalainen teollinen muotoilija, jonka tunnetuimpia töitä ovat Aluminum Chair (Knoll) sekä kustomoitava Aluminum bench (Zahner). Olivaresin luennon aiheena ovat hänen viimeaikaiset työnsä.
Englanninkieliset luennot toteutetaan yhteistyössä Aalto-yliopiston Muotoilun laitoksen kanssa.
David van Severenin luento kulkee nimellä ‘Everything Architecture’.
OFFICE’s retrospective ‘Everything Architecture’ was organised in the antichambres of the Victor Horta-designed BOZAR arts centre in Brussels in 2016. Afterwards it moved to Centre d’architecture arc en rêve in Bordeaux, and to the AA School in London. The point of departure is the idea that each of the products of OFFICE is considered a project in itself. Models, drawings and perspectives populated the antechambers of the Centre for Fine Arts as individual objects, together with works of art that are related to the spirit and language of OFFICE. In this field of objects, sculptures are considered as compagnons de route to the architectural production. Paintings and photo’s enforce or break the different antechamber perspectives and search for dialogue.
Jonathan Olivares (b.1981) is the head of Jonathan Olivares Design Research (JODR), a design consultancy which he established in 2006 with the aim of stimulating the product design process through research and writing. He is a respected product designer in his own right and has designed a number of pieces of furniture for Knoll, Danese and Driade amongst others. Jonathan Olivares is the author of A Taxonomy of Office Chairs , (Phaidon)a rich visual investigation on the development of one chair typology.
