EKENE IJEOMA (EH-KEH-NAY EE-JO-MAH)

DESIGN PROVOCATIONSFOR CREATIVE CAPITAL

I’M A DESIGNER WHO DOES DESIGN, ART DIRECTION AND PROGRAMMING FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA, OBJECTS, INSTALLATIONS AND SPACES.

I’VE LIVED AND WORKED IN DFW, LA, NYC, MILAN, LONDON AND AMSTERDAM AND I LIKE TO TRAVEL TO MEET DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES AND KNOW HOW THEY THINK.

HE’S WORKED IN MANY GROUPS OF MULTICULTURAL DESIGNERS FROM EASTERN EUROPE, ASIA, THE MIDDLE EAST AND AUSTRALIA WHERE EVERYONE THOUGHT IN MANY DIFFERENT CONTEXTS FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES BUT SOMEHOW CAME TO MAKE ONE PROJECT.

THROUGH HAVING DONE THAT, IV’E BECOME MORE AND MORE OF A DESIGN THINKER; DESIGNING PROJECTS WHICH I THINK HAVE MORE VALUE TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD TODAY.

I WORK IN BETWEEN PHYSICAL (OBJECTS, INSTALLATIONS, AND SPACE) AND VIRTUAL (MEDIA AND THE WEB) USING MANY DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND TECHNOLOGIES IN CONTEXT TO WHAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED.

I THINK DESIGN IS A SOLUTION AND TECHNOLOGY IS A TOOL; USING THIS THOUGHT I QUESTION THE EFFORT AND EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO SEE WHAT IS BEST FOR EACH PROJECT.

KNOWING HOW TECHNOLOGY FUNCTIONS LETS ME DESIGN OUTSIDE OF "WHAT CAN OR CANT BE DONE" AND "WHAT IS THE NEWEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGY"; FIRST I DESIGN SOMETHING, THEN I ART DIRECT HOW IT CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO PEOPLE USING DIFFERENT MEDIUMS AND TECHNOLOGIES.

FOR EACH PROJECT I’VE USED DIFFERENT PROCESSES TO COME TO THE BEST SOLUTION; I DON'T HAVE A SINGLE DESIGN PROCESS OR PRINCIPLE; I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE USED AS TOOLS TO THINK OF SOLUTIONS.

IN PAST PROJECTS I’VE USED PRINCIPLES FROM GRAPHIC DESIGN, INTERACTION DESIGN, PRODUCT DESIGN, CRITICAL DESIGN, AFFIRMATIVE DESIGN AND SLOW DESIGN. I WANT TO DESIGN EXPERIENCES WHICH REVEAL, EXPAND, REFLECT, ENGAGE, AND EVOLVE SOMETHING IN EVERYDAY LIFE.

GLOBAL CONFLICT

CASUALTYFOR DOMUS ACADEMY WITH SETSU ITO

“YOU DONT KNOW HOW SOME-THING WORKS UNTIL IT DOESNT WORK” - BRUCE STERLING

IS FURNITURE WHICH TRANS-FORMS BETWEEN FUNCTIONAL AND NON-FUNCTIONAL SHAPES TO LETS PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN AN-OTHER COUNTRY OR GEOGRAPHIC SPACE.

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GLOBAL MEDIA

THE GLOBAL LIGHTFOR DOMUS ACADEMY WITH TINKER.IT

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GLOBAL ECONOMY

OBJECTS FOR THE UNEMPLOYEDFOR FABRICA WITH ANDY CAMERON

BY 2010 THERE MAY BE BETWEEN 210 AND 230 MILLION JOBS LOST.OBJECTS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED IS A PROJECT WHICH EXPLORES HOW WE COULD DESIGN MODIFY/HACK DAY TO DAY OBJECTS.

“AN OBJECT IS A FROZEN SET OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS” - BRUCE STERLING

I WANT TO FIND WHAT OBJECTS IN THESE PEOPLE’S HOMES AND/OR OFFICE SPACES COMMUNICATE HOW THIS CHANGE IS EFFECTING THEM AND WHICH OBJECTS ARE PRIMARY IN HOW THEY’RE GOING THROUGH THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THESE EVENTS.

I WANT TO FIND RELATIONS BETWEEN THESE LOCAL OBJECTS AND GLOBAL EVENTS. THROUGH THESE OBJECTS I WANT TO SEE IF PEOPLES RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIFFERENT OBJECTS INTERRELATE TO THESE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EVENTS.

FROM THESE RELATIONSHIPS I PROPOSE TO THINK OF HOW THESE OBJECTS CAN BE HACKED TO COMMUNICATE EITHER THE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE EFFECTS THESE RELATIONSHIPS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE.