SHARING WITH ME

After the Ross Lovegrove experience, I needed to “digest” what I had seen. I went into the exhibition next to Lovegrove’s.   “Imprimer Le Monde” but at a glance I could see that this was going to be as rich as what I had just seen. I would come back - and I did. We all know that digital technologies have revolutionised design and production making creators think quite differently about their work. “Printing the World” was in place to show us the 3D printed digital artefact. The digital age has spread to every field of production. Right from the start, I was fascinated by this printing feature and even looked into printers - that’s the gadget side of me - but why would I need one? I am not a creator. How much I was going to understand was another story. One point that really did make my eyebrows rise in surprise is that 3D was invented in 1860 by a certain François Willème who invented photo-sculpture. Then came the CAD (Computer-Assisted Design) in 1957 and in 1984 the first 3D pri

If you know who Ross Lovegrove is, you know a lot more than I do. An industrial designer, a “sculptor” of technology. He has taken nature and living processes as the inspiration for his work. What I was about to see was an exhibition retracing Lovegrove’s quest for a new paradigm of design as the convergence of art, design, technology and nature. It was mind boggling and I mean it. Dynamic in form, his pieces register the digital transformation of the contemporary world while opening up the possibility of new ways of life informed by the notion of sustainability. He develops complex structures in innovative materials and lightweight as well. Everything from everyday objects to motor cars from aviation to architecture. His concept is:- “DNA” = Design, Nature, Art - he establishes the closest ties between, digital technology, science and organic forms. I felt as if I was in a new world and such an exciting one when I went into the exhibition. Now, let me show you your new world. Huge,