Dys/Functional Furniture
Exhibition design today often entirely removes the functionality from familiar objects, displaying them on pedestals and in vitrines deprived of the interaction they invite.
Dys/Functional Furniture is instead a platform to probe the edges of functionality or lack thereof. Defining furniture in the broadest sense to encompass domestic furniture, exhibition furniture and related objects, the exhibition not only creates a space for contemplation and conversation, but also for multi-sensory experience. As we negotiate the boundaries of use-value in familiar objects, we seek a longer discussion that demystifies the value of touch in relation to the power of intentional design.