Design by Time

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Cutting-edge international designers explore how objects can embody the element of time in this poetic exhibition. Garments that grow, trees that sing, and objects that become their own miniature worlds encapsulate nature’s growth and decay.

Innovative studios in Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States are breaking boundaries and pushing design ideas into the 21st century. Part conceptual art, part sculpture, part real-world solutions, Design by Time is unlike any exhibition you have seen.

Organized by the Department of Exhibitions, Pratt institute, Brooklyn, New York, and is curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c² curatorsquared.

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How Beautiful Design Thinking May Just Save the World

Putting the exhibition in broader perspective, Curator Catherine Walworth discusses the landscape of international design exhibitions, the idea of obsolescence, and how beauty is the missing ingredient if we’re going to solve anything. This lecture highlights several designers who focus on the environment in elegantly surprising ways or who harness the power of nature to create objects.

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Atelier Mark Sturkenboom
Overgrown, 2015
Crystals, 14kt-gold-plated brass, aluminum
Height: 29 1/2 inches (75 cm); diameter: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm)
Courtesy Mark Sturkenboom

BeatWoven
Nadia-Anne Ricketts
Let’s Dance, David Bowie, 2017
Silk, linen, steel metallic yarns
27 ½ x 86 ½ inches (70 x 220 cm)
Courtesy BeatWoven

Sebastian Brajkovic
Lathe V Chair, 2008
Bronze, embroidered upholstery
39 3/8 x 38 3/16 x 23 1/4 inches (100 x 97 x 59 cm)
Collection Museum of Arts and Design, New York

Edhv, Architects of Identity
Time Writers, 2010
Ancient wood, charcoal, paper
23 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (59.4 x 42 x 19 cm) (variable)
Courtesy Edhv, Architects of Identity

Maarten Baas
Smoke Chandelier, 2002
Burned wood, epoxy finish
Height: 21 3/4 inches (55cm); diameter: 25 1/2 inches (65 cm)
Courtesy Moooi

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Blow Away Vase, 2008
Glazed porcelain
Two vases, each 12 x 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (30.5 x 26 x 32 cm)
Produced by Royal Delft
Courtesy Moooi

mischer'traxler
day-by-day rug (detail), 2014–15
Wool rug, natural dyes
47 1/4 x 90 1/2 inches (120 x 230 cm)
Produced by NODUS
Collection Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

Sebastian Cox Workshop
Mycelium + Timber (detail), 2017
Mushroom mycelium, willow pulp
Two lamps: 7 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (20 x 35 cm); 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (25 x 17.5 cm)
Courtesy Sebastian Cox Workshop

Nicole Wermers
Shell Ashtray, 2018
Powder-coated steel, sand, seashells, cigarettes
40 1/8 x 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 inches (101.6 x 62.2 x 60.9 cm)
Courtesy Nicole Wermers; Herald St, London; and Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco

Ryan Mario Yasin
Petit Pli Suit, 2017–18
Ripstop, technical polyester
23 ½ x 15 ¾ x 1 inches (60cm x 40cm x 3cm) per garment (measurements variable)
Courtesy Ryan Mario Yasin for Petit Pli

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