Alessandro Gedda live session
It is widely known that the edge between the art and design world is really very slim. These days more and more designers are trying themselves in the fine art industry, and at the same time there are popular artists that are designing new objects. I recently attended a lecture of a famous artist/designer Alessandro Gedda who is popular for both types of his projects.
Alessandro proves that it is not the creativity of the paintings that make a person creative, but a unique attitude towards life in general that influences his works. He's persuaded that there is always something interesting in the most mundane and grey objects. In order to prove it he produces various things like pieces of furniture made out of old computer parts underlining their complicated wire patterns.
Even his workshop is a statement of his creative nature. In order to make it mobile, he installed it inside a huge container (like the ones that cargo ships are loaded with) and this allowed him to move his workplace arround the globe freely, work in different settings, get inspired by new things.
The designer has deliberately chosen our own workshop at BHSAD as the place for his lecture so that it wouldn't simply be talking, but also a small hands-on-things session. There he showed the way modern furniture could be created and the how brief working with the real scale objects could be. Due to the fact that his designs are usuallly unique and not mass-manufactured the creation proces is not burdened by a great number of measurements or calculations and is driven by pure creativity, a pure idea.
The meeting with Alessandro Gedda was exciting not only in terms of what this artist introduced but also because he gace us an insite into another way of thinking, as well as showcasing valuable skills of modern craftsmanship (I was especially fascinated by the pneumatic nailgun he showed us).
The experiece of observing a real designer in working process is by far the most remarkable feature of this lecture.
Alessandro proves that it is not the creativity of the paintings that make a person creative, but a unique attitude towards life in general that influences his works. He's persuaded that there is always something interesting in the most mundane and grey objects. In order to prove it he produces various things like pieces of furniture made out of old computer parts underlining their complicated wire patterns.
Even his workshop is a statement of his creative nature. In order to make it mobile, he installed it inside a huge container (like the ones that cargo ships are loaded with) and this allowed him to move his workplace arround the globe freely, work in different settings, get inspired by new things.
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| A plywood version of a chair similar to the one in this interior was produced during the masterclass |
The designer has deliberately chosen our own workshop at BHSAD as the place for his lecture so that it wouldn't simply be talking, but also a small hands-on-things session. There he showed the way modern furniture could be created and the how brief working with the real scale objects could be. Due to the fact that his designs are usuallly unique and not mass-manufactured the creation proces is not burdened by a great number of measurements or calculations and is driven by pure creativity, a pure idea.
These are the most famous chairs by this designer and the way they were created.
The meeting with Alessandro Gedda was exciting not only in terms of what this artist introduced but also because he gace us an insite into another way of thinking, as well as showcasing valuable skills of modern craftsmanship (I was especially fascinated by the pneumatic nailgun he showed us).
The experiece of observing a real designer in working process is by far the most remarkable feature of this lecture.
Watch the creation of product design from the inside, always instructive - it develops our skills. However, what was my surprise when I saw the finished works of Alessandro Gedda which are at the exhibition Moscow Design Week. The works had light and non-standard forms. Moreover, the same seat, which he did with us in the BHSD workshop, looked completely different and over in the multi-colored upholstery. Really amazing, how from little of pieces born organic object that perfectly fit into the environment. Designer skillfully combines elements of fine art and industrial design.
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