Abstract

This paper is on subject-object oriented research in a postindustrial socioeconomic condition. Idiosyncrasy will be used as a methodological tool in a researcher’s personal archive. This archive consists of everyday design objects from 1920 till 2020 that have been exhibited in museums and art institutions such as MoMA, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Franco Albini Fondazione, the curators’ interviews of these exhibitions and rare archives such as Greta Manguson Archive and S. Delialis Archive. Firstly, there is the definition of idiosyncrasy. Its references extend from the aesthetic theory from the romantic period till contemporary object-subject oriented theories (S. Zizek), to interdisciplinary references of pathology, psychiatry and neurology, which interconnect idiosyncrasy with the function of human sensory system. Secondly, the researcher’s collection will be organized and read as a cloud. The characteristics of idiosyncrasy create a two metric systems of reading that cloud. The first one relates to norms of ideological design and the second to aesthetic values and social symbols. Through this methodology each object of the cloud is reorganized in new ideological categories. So, each object is connected with different objects, ideas and words that all together consist of a new hyper object narrative, responsible for the design of cultural footprint. The aim of the research reflects the timeless value of design nowadays, when everything is said and done. Through the value of the meaning of idiosyncrasy in design everything matters and design is sustainable in another point of view. So yes, we advocate design through idiosyncrasy.

Presenters

Angeliki Sofia Mantikou
Teaching Assistant, Architectue, National Technical University of Athens , Greece

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Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

Design in Society

KEYWORDS

Idiosyncrasy, Visual culture, Postindustrial Design, Sustainable Design

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