Work// NATURE V2.01 project
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Nature V2.01
project_chair(2006)
Inspired
from world¡¯s debates on GMO products and eco-crisis on earth, ¡®Nature v2.01¡¯
explores today¡¯s
struggling
human relationship with nature and our desire for authenticity.
More
difficult it gets to find something authentic, more demands on ¡®nature¡¯ to be
¡®natural¡¯-
yet
to the extent that it is allowed by people. Nature, considered to be original
to its core,
is
increasingly becoming an interface controlled by man. The simple joy of
breathing clean air,
sitting
on a tree trunk and listening to the birds has become luxury for some.
And
it seems that the search for true, unspoiled nature has never been so intense
in the
history
of mankind.
Our
product culture, on the other hand, makes it desirable to involve nature in the
manufacturing
process to convey authentic value in mass production.
On the
assumption that our industry puts no limit to the transformation and
reproduction
of
subjects with the pretense of progress, it is likely that some day we might
encounter
square
trees growing in rows.
Thus,
the design raises a series of questions about the attitude towards a possible
future:
Are we
ready to change anything as long as manufacturing method is profitably
innovative?
If we
bio-manufacture our furniture in order to get the most ¡®authentic¡¯ furniture
with
minimal
modification, can we still call it nature?
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Wooden structure covered with original tree bark (Larch)
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80(L), 80(W), 80(H) (cm)
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Photography by A.Decremer
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Designed and made by BoYoung Jung and Emmanuel Wolfs
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