WORK FROM MARS
presents a selection of projects undertaken by designers at their own initiative. In each case, the work has been made without the involvement of a client or a commission. The examples featured in the exhibition have been produced during the past five years, and demonstrate a broad range of interests and techniques, as well as a variety of media, including print, typography, curatorial work and exhibition design, interactive projects, web pages and essays. More importantly, though, the work on display shares a certain autonomy that can seem quite alien to conventionial client-based design practice.
Although made by designers, and existing in and as part of the world of design, these are works from a different planet.
The exhibition itself is part of an ongoing autonomous project: our aim is to collect more works in the course of its travels.
List of Participants:
Åbäke, A Practise For Everyday Life, Astrid Stavro Grid-it notepads, Aude Lehmann, Daniel Eatock, Delaware, Dmitri Siegel (Antemagazine), Dot Dot Dot, EAT, Enrico Bravi, Experimental Jetset, Goodwill, GTF, Harmen Liemburg, Humans, Christian Egger (Zeitschrift), Ian Wright, Juerg Lehni, Julia Born, Karel Martens, Koerner Union, Lex Trub, Lizzie Finn, Min&Sulki, Daniel van der Velden, Moire, Nieves, Norm, Paul Elliman, Philippe Desarzens, Practise, Re-magazine, Reala, Richard Niessen+Esther de Vries, Roma publications, Sugo, Silex, Urs Lehni, Zak Kyes, Živel and many others