Ge Wang, Ocarina application for iphone
GPS Table, Placebo Project, 2001
Raymond Loewy, ca. 1948
Marcel Wanders, Knotted Chair, 1995
Philippe Starck, Juicy Salif, 1990
Karim Rashid, 2008
Compass Table, Placebo Project, 2001
“Electro‐draught Excluder,” Placebo Project, 2001
Once electronic objects enter people’s homes, they develop private lives, or at least ones that are hidden from human vision. Occasionally we catch a glimpse of this life when objects interfere with each other, or malfunction. Many people believe that mobile phones heat up their ears, or feel their skin tingle when they sit near a TV . . . [w]e are not interested in whether these stories are true or scientific, but we are interested in the narratives people develop to explain and relate to electronic technologies, especially the invisible electromagnetic waves their electronic objects emit.
“Electro‐draught Excluder,” Placebo Project, 2001
Designers cannot always solve problems, we cannot switch off the vast electromagnetic networks surrounding us all. Although we cannot change reality, we can change people’s perception of it.
The electromagnetic spectrum includes radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays, and gamma rays. Visible light, which makes up only a tiny fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum, is the only electromagnetic radiation that humans can perceive with their eyes