Disruptive Thinking

Show artwork

“Design usually tries to insinuate itself seamlessly into the world. Cutlery attempts to mould itself into your hands. A mobile phone seems so vital that life cannot be imagined without it. But what would design be like if our possessions disordered us? Would we feel differently about the grip that things seem to have over our lives if they were 'unnatural' or behaved in unsettling ways? These are the premises on which the designs – exhibited here and conceived by their designers as Disruptive Thinking – are based. ”
David Crowley, Humanities, Royal College of Art

Disruptive Thinking was set up as a platform for debate in the commercial context of 100% Design 2009. Hosted by Designersblock, the show introduced the work of recent graduates from Design Interactions (Royal College of Art) to a large number of visitors and successfully managed to highlight new approaches to design thinking. The show included work from myself, Will Carey, Thomas Thwaites, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Vanessa Harden, Nicolas Myers, Nitipak Samsen, Hayeon Yoo and Kellenberger-White.

Disruptive Thinking

Typography by Kellenberger-White show artwork and graphic design by Kellenberger-White and Tommaso Lanza.

Exhibitions

Awards


Everything Is Under Control

Everything Is Under Control

Phytolitography device.

  • LABoral,
  • 2010.
Toys

Toys

Highlights from the 2005 bankruptcy auction of ENT International. A photographic essay.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2009.
playgrounds

Playgrounds

An alternative unsettling view of the modern productivity sanctuaries.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2009.
The City

The City

Amidst the constant rumbling noise of the HVAC systems, the other nature of corporate spaces is revealed.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2008.
playgrounds

Industrial Fragility

Mundane and obsolete household objects are given new importance by slight modifications of their established nature, creating a new loving tension between us and them.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2007.
radio

Corley's Radio

Mike Corley is a UK citizen and the author of the website five.org.uk where he keeps detailed stories on what he suspects being a campaign of harassment against him waged by the MI5, the British security service.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2007.
nanoPaper

nanoPaper

A paper-like bioengineered scaffold supporting the growth and preservation of skin cells.

  • Royal College of Art,
  • 2008.

Other projects I have worked on.

World Expo Shanghai Pavillion Walkways by Troika

Shanghai Expo - UK Pavillion

UK Pavillion walkways visualisation for Troika

  • Troika,
  • 2010.
Lampshade Robot

Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots

Collaboration with James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau for Material Beliefs

  • Material Beliefs, Auger-Loizeau,
  • 2008.
The Shirt

The MacGuffin Library

3D model for Noam Toran and Onkar Kular's MacGuffin Library.

  • Noam Toran and Onkar Kular,
  • 2009.
Show Artwork

Disruptive Thinking

Award-winning show created for 100% Design 2009, featuring projects from recent graduates of the Royal College of Art

  • 100% Design,
  • 2009.
nok8600

Nokia 8600 "Luna"

  • Nokia Design UK,
  • 2007.
Riquadro

Riquadro

My final BA project, designed and presented in 2004. Shortlisted and exhibited for the INDEX Award in 2005

  • ISIA Roma,
  • 2004.