ODSC - Mischer'traxler: (mis)using what is there

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(mis)-using what is there mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- balancing between handcraft & technology mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

a project has to make sense in its given context


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

(mis)using what is there


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

openness


- the idea of a tree | 2008 - ongoing mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- till you stop - cake decoration | 2010 mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- f.aid - workshops | 2010 / 2014 mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


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relationship between labour and final object
 and forms of transparency

mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

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mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

collective works 2011


- collective works - production on interest mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014



- machine | recording device mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- detail of drawing pen mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- each basket becomes a record of participation mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- three examples of finished baskets - production on interest mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


labour ? mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

knowledge - tools - memory 2013


- exhibitition view: Science Museum London mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern: Anagoria mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- exhibitition view: Science Museum London mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

As the general knowledge and understanding of how to produce objects fades, 
 does this change our relationship to them?


metal

mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

fabric


metal

mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

fabric


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- the object as tool and manual, showing how to reproduce it mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


explanation graphics mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- detail blanket mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- bag with all required tools mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

transcoded
 2014


- exhibition view: IN-residence - Desiderabilia mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- rosetta stone mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

- one object (rectangle), its hexadecimal code and final binary code -


- detail of the file mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- exhibition view: IN-residence - Desiderabilia mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

day by day rug 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

- visualising the amount of hand-labour it takes to knot a rug -


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- detail finished rug mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


- final rug | half finished mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

- each rug receives a label giving information on who produced it and when -


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

transparency can open up discussion


mischer’traxler | selected projects | open design Barcelona 2014

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