ESTETIQUE DURABLE - about new dimensions in aesthetics
Course dates: July 27th to August 1st 2009
Exploring the intersections between new aesthetics’ and sustainability, the durable aesthetics course is based on a series of dialogues between two designers who have gone completely different directions. During the course they will “challenge” each other and their guests to develop an outdoor objects / furniture / spaces exhibition made purely from materials available from the within 5 km from MMM – and spiced with new technology.
This course is a dialogue between two designers sharing their experience of questioning design process. Having shared their views as young designers in Milan twenty years ago, at the time when that city was the centre of design, they are now doing design, teaching, giving lectures and doing workshops worldwide.
NPF is an expert on sustainability and design, he also calls what he does “experience design” or “radical sustainable visions development”. MB is a designer focused on the power of shapes and materiality and the social connection objects have with humans and society.
Monsieur and Madamme ESTHETIQUE DURABLE
You are invited to work and experience new cross sections in this
workshop, which will be a scenario for talks, experiments, making, showing, in other words, exploring a way for designing.
Mathilde Bretillot and Niels Peter Flint started their career in Milan (where they also met) 25 years ago working for the legendary Memphis Group. MB has also worked with Phillippe Starck among others. NPF has since he left Milan dedicated his life to working with sustainability and design.
With:
-Mathilde Bretillot - Designer and Interior Architect, France
-Niels Peter Flint - designer & founder of MMM and EXDL
Guest
-George Lathourakis, CEO of jerome abel Seguin Design
ASSISTED BY:
-Peter Pilkington, Operations Manager Micro Macro Monde, France
More info and interation:
If you are interested in interacting, asking questions, adding comments, seeing videos of some of the course-leaders etc. in relation to the various camps and courses you can do so at our MMM blog which is hosted by EXDL.
Go to the Durable Aesthetics blog