A collection of furniture for adults (attached and single) to meet and play.
The spaces in the gardens of the Villa Medici are like rooms, outdoor rooms without furniture. We would like to furnish them, and provide suggestions for how these neutral spaces could be used. Parks are strange places. During the day happy families play out idealised scenarios of modern life, while at night they become sites for a variety of illicit activities. Our furniture will make some of these night time activities more convenient and at the same time offer a critique of the kind of design that is always trying to make things nice, convenient, user-friendly, efficient and ergonomic (especially public furniture).
There is a slightly idealistic dimension to this project, as the objects we are proposing belong to a society where local councils provide amenities for adults, attached and single, to meet and play. We are also interested in whether the public can be encouraged to mis-behave when confronted with furniture designed to support illicit activities. The sketches are diagrammatic and still evolving, they are the beginning of a conversation.
- Design für eine tabuisierte, wenn auch durchgeführte Tätigkeit. Dadurch ihre Anerkennung und Legitimierung
- Parkeigene Ästhetik (Spielplatzmöbel), aber die Interaktion, zu der es ermutigt, gehört nach geltenden Normen in einen anderen Kontext