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Design Consultancy for New Object Management

In the course of their lives, average Europeans accumulate around 10,000 objects, it is said – a full 80 per cent of which they hardly use. Studio Dankl has developed a new ritual for getting rid of unloved things and thus puts up for discussion a possible future role for designers.

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Background

Design is mostly concerned with creating something new. Against the background of material abundance and overconsumption, however, the question also arises of how existing belongings can be better organized. So, what could a design proposal look like that deals with reduction and management?

 

Studio Dankls approach

As a contribution to the VIENNA BIENNALE 2017, Studio Dankl thematized the 80 percent of our objects that we use rarely or not at all and developed a ritual for disposing of possessions. While the owners tell the designer the personal story of their object, a clay replica of the object is made. The original object can then be charged with new stories from new owners.

„The project Public Design Consultancy provides support for everyone in answering the question ‘Do I (still) need this? At the same time, Kathrina questions our consumer behaviour and develops a farewell ritual for the excess of our unused things.“

Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör (Director Creativity & Business, Vienna Business Agency)

Result

The project sees itself as a social and materially transitory intervention. After completion of the project, the clay replicas were flooded with water and the items were given away.

„The project shows that a personal relationship to things is a prerequisite for a better understanding of good design. Here, design is understood as a process and moderation method for the development of resilient and sustainable ways of acting.“

Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör (Director Creativity & Business, Vienna Business Agency)

Client: VIENNA BIENNALE 2017. Services: Idea, concept and exhibition design. Illustration and video: Svenja Plaas. Photo Credits: MAK/Georg Mayer

A fictitious supermarket with a points account offered festival visitors an analysis of their food consumption and alternative, sustainable action strategies.

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