The show highlights different approaches to design that capitalize on reinterpreting the meaning and function of objects.
Emily Rothschild is a thinker, maker and problem solver. Her recent body of work reflects individual needs and preferences relating to medication management in our lives today. While medicine and our relationship with it have changed considerably in recent years, the tools and objects used in these interactions have remained static. Emily’s work focuses on re-thinking how these interactions play out and what tools and objects are most relevant given the medical needs and preferences of individuals. Her work is not meant to increase our dependence on medicines; rather it raises questions about their role in our daily lives.
Stanley Ruiz is an industrial designer with an extensive background in craft design and production. Through his work we see a fusion of industrial and natural materials with references to folk cultures of Southeast Asia. He is constantly concerned with the issue of sustainability. His latest designs engage a semantic investigation that leads to new meaning and interpretation of familiar object archetypes.
Sergio Silva applies his experience as a machinist and knowledge of material and fabrication to his objects. Sergio’s interest lies in the roles of industrialized objects in our daily lives. In his most recent work he probes the realm of preconceived notions of beauty, by finding mass-produced objects worthy of aesthetic appreciation. His intent is not to undermine the function and rationality of industrial manufacture, but simply to imbue the object with a new sense of worth
