Take Away

Wendy Plomp

MaterialMirror acrylicSatin colours acrylic

Mankind is reaching its outer limits of physical expansion. The world’s population is skyrocketing at a staggering pace, virtually every modern technology has been invented, and the consumption of non-essentials has become a part of our daily lives. While it has always been in our human nature to strive for more͟, the design collective Dutch Invertuals offers experimental design concepts on shifting it to less͟, investigating what it means to take away. After decades of abundance and growth, we must now rethink the essence of our true needs. Can we ultimately fade out the obsolete and return to it to the elements? -Wendy Plomp, curator. Ten Dutch Invertuals designers explore the complications caused by our contemporary lifestyle and each present their vision on viable futures. Works include new applications of production techniques, experiments that introduce new insights, and radical new ways of making and thinking.