The Kinship Method – The Last Session
24 January—9 February 2020
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24 January—9 February 2020
Dare we explore our inner designer? Five designers are challenged to break patterns for a year to find new forms and working methods. At Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, the last stage of an experiment in alternative design was carried out.
The Kinship Method
The process was laid out in three steps. It began individually with desiging one chair each, where none of the designers were allowed to share each other's results until the chairs were ready. Then they gathered with the results for a group discussion where they reflected together: What happens to the forms, what happens inside us and what can we learn? Then each designer randomly took care of one of the chairs to use 20-40% of its shapes for a new chair followed by another group discussion. Everything was repeated a third time. Parts, fragments and expressions are thereby inherited from the previous generation. All under time pressure and without insight into what the other did. Now there have been three generations with a total of fifteen chairs that are related to each other.
The project takes on several different topics such as heritage and the environment, copyright, collaboration, alternative languages and design methods and takes place with support from Beckmans School of Design as part of their investment in artistic development and research. Between January 24 and February 9, 2020, the final phase of the project was carried out with, among other things, a last meal and group discussions where they processed thoughts, possible difficulties and insights together. After the project visited Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, the work continued to compile it and resulted, among other things, in a book designed by Samira Bouabana, graphic designer.
