AD HOC_WALKAROUNDINVENTORY
AD HOC_WALKAROUNDINVENTORY
Peter Schäfer, DEU, 2015
Slatted frames, grid plates, fragments of furniture. Sorted out parts for very carefully designed household furniture. Basically still good to use, but isolated, with no connections – and no value. Semi-manufactured materials ready for the trash. Apparently. But recombined using clamps. Sculptural arrangements for daily use. Individual. User friendly.
Ad Hoc_WalkAroundInventory, Ensemble of furniture, 2015
3 x Ad Hoc_ScrewClamp, discarded furniture
H 175 x W 130 x D 170 cm Unique item
ABOUT THE DESIGNER
Peter Schäfer
Peter Schäfer undertook vocational training as a model builder before studying at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany, under Volker Albus and Hansjerg Maier-Aichen. Schäfer did an internship in Rotterdam at Studio Makkink & Bey and after graduating worked as a freelance designer for BLESS in Paris and for Bjarne Melgaard in New York. Working with companies in crafts and industry, he developed product and object editions that question customary functionality and open up new perspectives on our use of everyday objects. His work is complemented by artistic coope ration with design studios, crafts businesses and universities. In 2014 he was a finalist for the German Design Award in the newcomer category.
Peter Schäfer *1980
Studies: Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, Germany,
Studio: Peter Schäfer
Philosophy: He develops product and object editions that question customary functionality and open up new perspectives on our use of everyday objects.
Exhibitions: Museum Marta Herford; Galerie erstererster, Berlin; IMM cologne; Ambiente, Frankfurt; Direktorenhaus, Berlin
Status: Designer and design lecturer
Lives/works: Berlin, Germany
Contact: www.peterschaefer.net
EXHIBIT COLLECTION
PURE GOLD
Upcycled! Upgraded!
Pure Gold is an exhibition organized by the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen), Stuttgart, Germany, which promotes art and cultural exchange in exhibitions, dialogue and conference programs.
As a competence center for international cultural relations, ifa connects civil societies, cultural practices, art, media and science. The ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart.
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