Adhocism!digital ephemerality!

the real!

the gift!

the fake!

sustainability!disposable!

early civilisations!

prehistoric!

unsumption!

souvenir!

momento!

adhocism!

idealism!

future gazing!

delayed!

immediate!

patience!gadget!

classics!

lasting!

luxury!

CPA!Comparative Product analysis! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Jayne Wallace

What does adhocism mean?!In 1973 architects and theorists Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver wrote !Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation. Jencks coined the term in 1968.!

"It can be applied to many human endeavours, denoting a principle of action having speed or economy and purpose or utility. !

Basically it involves using an available system or dealing with an existing situation in a new way to solve a problem quickly and effectively. It is a method of creation relying particularly on resources which are already at hand.” !

What does adhocism mean?!In 1973 architects and theorists Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver wrote !Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation. Jencks coined the term in 1968.!

Nathan Silver's chair made from a tractor seat

and pram wheels/parts!

What does adhocism mean?!

“It cuts through the delays caused by specialisation, bureaucracy and !hierarchical organisation” Jencks / Silver!

Itʼs about immediacy – using something to hand to perform a function. !

Itʼs different to random haphazard action.!

It is purposeful.!

Itʼs not anti-design.!

Itʼs about seeing things around us in a different way! to find new roles for objects and materials in our surroundings.!

"Recycling is over. !It is time for reusing, repurposing, upcycling” Lloyd Alter!

“Thereʼs no such thing as garbage – !just useful stuff in the wrong place” Alex Steffen!

"Recycling is over. !It is time for reusing, repurposing, upcycling” Lloyd Alter!

“Thereʼs no such thing as garbage – !just useful stuff in the wrong place” Alex Steffen!

What do these quotes mean to us as designers?!

Improvisation!

A typical shanty town house in South Africaʼs Itipini village, which is an area of Umtata used as the cityʼs garbage dump.!

Rhyolite bottle house built in 1905 out of 51,000 used beer bottles from the 50 bars in the goldrush town of Rhyolite, Nevada, USA.!

Most of the bottles were “Adulphous Busch” (it's known as Budweiser today) !

Making something new out of the detritus of the boom (goldrush).!

Buddhist monks from Thailand's Sisaket province collected a million bottles to

build the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple.  

Upcycling!

Upcycling!

Deeply Madly Living (Australia)!

Upcycling!

Craftster!

Upcycling!

Studio Verissimo, a collaboration of Cláudio Cardoso and Telma Veríssimo of Portugal.!

Recycled plastic stir sticks.!

Upcycling!

Anneke Jakobs' chandelier made from Chiquita cases!

Stories!

“Solidly crafted using broken skateboards harvested from skateshops and skateparks across the U.S.A.”!

“Finely finished edges frame beautifully scuffed graphics that tell the story of the decks' previous lives.”!

deckstool.com!

Museum of Art and Design in New York – exhibition – Second Lives 2009!Susie MacMurray's "A Mixture of Frailties”!

Stories!

Pushing possible interpretations of materials!

Jo Meesters -TESTLAB, "an experimental ongoing project about rejuvenating and reusing discarded materials.”!

The furniture shown is entirely made out of 34 discarded wooden beams and 16 leftover blankets.!

The use of dead fluorescent tube lights. ! ! ! !Castor Canadensisʼs idea of light after death. ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Canadian collective based in Toronto.!

Bricolage!

“The term ʻbricolageʼ originated in French and is a modern equivalent to the English phrase of ʻmaking-doʼ. !

In a general sense, a bricoleur (someone who employs the bricolage method) is described as a resourceful and creative ʻtinkererʼ, and one who out of necessity uses available materials to create new objects from existing ones. This activity of re-appropriating and combining elements into new and original outcomes closely reflects the activities of a designer. “ Joyce Yee!

Bricolage!

“The concept of ʻbricolageʼ in academic studies has its roots in social research. !Claude Lévi-Strauss, a French anthropologist and ethnologist, defines the term in an anthropological sense as a spontaneous creative act that uses whatever is available to reach a desired outcome. !

In his book, The Savage Mind, he compares the Engineer (the scientific mind) with the Bricoleur (the savage mind), as a way of depicting two modes of acquiring knowledge (concrete and abstract).“ Joyce Yee!

Bricolage!

Environments!

Jumbo Hostel Stokholm !occupies an old 747 jet !

www.jumbostay.com!

Environments!

Hotel in Stavoren, a very old port in northern Holland. !The rooms where you sleep are in 15,000 litre wine barrels. !

www.hotel-vrouwevanstavoren.nl!

Environments!

Buster Keaton!The Scarecrow (1920)!