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Introduction: Globalization and the fast pace of modern culture and society leads many people to a
life of travelling. Far away from their national identity, their origins and their home
they become nomads, explorers, messengers, refugees, voyeurs, and observers. They
are like leafs flying in the wind.
But where do these people find ‘home’? Where do they feel ‘home’?
Do they feel home in their identity? Do they feel it in their faith? Is it in the clothes
they wear? Is it in artefacts and objects they carry? Is it in friendships and travelling
companions they find along their journeys?
Eventually every person has their own unique feeling of what ‘home’ is.
And therefore Home is where the Home is.
Assignment: Research for individual values of ‘home’ and translate them into an act of
communication in the form of a wearable ‘home’ using fashion design, interior design
and/or architecture.
During the process of the assignment an emphasis will be given to:
- Investigation and substantial research
- Creation of a good Concept
- Realization and application of concept in 3D
Practical information: The workshop is composed out of meetings of 4 hour per week per group for duration
of time spanning from 4 weeks to a trimester, or a semester. Recommended group size for this workshop is between 10 to 18 participants.
The workshop includes lecture(s) on visual languages and semiotics, introduction of
linguistic tools for brainstorming and research, and introduction of tools of analysis.
Selected results of the workshop will be documented and featured in an exposition titled
with the same name.
For more information please contact David Luxembourg via
the following email address: fortune_chickens@hotmail.com.
'Home is Where the Home is' selected results:
Deasign Academy Eindhoven - Men & Leisure Oct.- Nov. 2008
A series of scarves that evoke a fictional visit’
Scarves with scents of houses, people, or places that are dear to you, orthat you are fond of. Using the power of scents to evoke memories, a photographic image or a nostalgic feeling of the past, these scarves are created for the specific moment when you don’t want to stay at home, but you can’t go anywere else.
Just put a scarf on to visit a place near your heart, in your memories or with mind.
Nicole de Bij: 'Home is... A growing Memory'
My home is based on memories. My home is close to the heart and growing in time. My home is build on experiences, feeling, sight, smell and sound. My home feeling comes from memories of my family, friends, pets, etc. things that are close to my heart and soul and every memory is another key to my home.
Memo(ry)ring/Herinne-ring:
We use a knot to remember and we need a key to enter.
These carriers are the keys to your thoughts and memories.
You can take them with you every¬were you go.
The key to your home feeling.
Sanne Muiser: 'Home is... A State of Well Being'
My home is part of the landscape; it is in harmony with its surroundings. My home is a cape, but also a plaid where you can notice the landscape, lay back or can relax. It’s big enough to enjoy or find a shelter for two.
Sonja Kneepkens: 'Home is... An Anchor'
Daily repeated rituals create stabilty in an unpredictable and dynamic world.
My home is anywhere there is new information to gather. It is wild, surprising, educating and far. To create stability, my home is held together by a series of daily rituals which are performed throughout the day. They are repeated in the same way every new day, at exactly the same time. In that way, In this structure that is brought to my life, that is where I find my home.
Wouter Strietman: 'Home is... Coffee of convenience'
A suitcase containing a pair of coffee sets, or more likely a pair of coffee rituals. One fast, mass produced and systematic, for on your way to work, and another for relaxing and taking your time every morning while your on vacation. Whether it's regular home, or your vacaction home, each home comes with its own rituals, comforts and the coffee that is most convenient.
Noesjka Klomberg: 'Home is... A Point of Origin'
A private vessel that contains intimate & personal artifacts, that serve as remainder & constant presence of a home, a point of origin that left behind a long time ago. These artifacts remind you both where you came from and where you are going to. The vessel itself is built out of 2 layers: an outer shell and an inner membrane both designed to protect and preserve the artifacts inside yet they also communicate the intimate value of home.
Zoe Piper: 'Home is... Willing to Recieve Guests'
Pocket People - pocket companions that welcome your hands into their warm and comfortable homes on a very cold day. These dolls are there to personelize your enviornment, whether its your house, room, backpak, coat or even pouch pocket and they will always be there ready to wellcome you or recieve you as their guest.
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