EOI
For the exhibition, we propose to include two chairs from the series ‘City Bins’, which involved creating four chairs from two Ian Dryden-designed City of Melbourne bins which we had salvaged from the Citywide Depot before they were sent to landfill.
City Bins Project description:
An economy of reuse does not have to simply involve repair, and the injection of considered design into an artefact or set of materials that are lacking in value can be transformative, allowing them to take on a new life.
The iconic ‘Brunswick green’ City of Melbourne bin, created in 1991 by industrial designer Ian Dryden, is slowly being decommissioned from our streets, destined for landfill. This has led us to rethink the way that civic waste is dealt with, and in this series we draw attention to an aspect of Melbourne’s urban identity that frequently goes unnoticed. Here, two City bins are rendered into four chairs, each one amplifying unique features of the original, using different sections of the bin; the lid, door, surround, base and adjustable brass feet. Finished with a fresh coat of the familiar ‘Brunswick green’ paint that distinguished the bins used “in heritage areas and garden precincts”.
From some angles, they evoke the crafted furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, or the facade of Looshaus in Vienna. From others, they resemble a more humble and utilitarian assemblage, akin to the practice of Enzo Mari. These chairs are intended as an illustration of intent, for a future of material scarcity and a City of palimpsests.
Materials:
Decommissioned/Disused Street Bins; Powder-coated steel, steel threaded rod, brass.
Additional items:
In contrast to the bins, we also propose to include a third small chair made entirely of materials that are grown, we are still in the process of producing this from material harvested from an agricultural campus in rural Victoria so we don’t have documentation of this at this stage but it is a part of an ongoing project around bio-based materials.
We also have our solar table, part of the series ‘Energy Objects’ from an exhibition called ‘Open Call’ for Do Works. It charges at battery that powers its own light, and can power a laptop, phone, speakers, etc. Depending on its location and orientation it may only charge for 1-2 hours per day, which would be enough to maintain the battery throughout the exhibition.
Ultimately, it may only be the city bins that work for this exhibition, but we thought we’d also propose some other objects that sit nicely in contrast to the bin chairs.
Many thanks,
Simulaa
For the exhibition, we propose to include two chairs from the series ‘City Bins’, which involved creating four chairs from two Ian Dryden-designed City of Melbourne bins which we had salvaged from the Citywide Depot before they were sent to landfill.
City Bins Project description:
An economy of reuse does not have to simply involve repair, and the injection of considered design into an artefact or set of materials that are lacking in value can be transformative, allowing them to take on a new life.
The iconic ‘Brunswick green’ City of Melbourne bin, created in 1991 by industrial designer Ian Dryden, is slowly being decommissioned from our streets, destined for landfill. This has led us to rethink the way that civic waste is dealt with, and in this series we draw attention to an aspect of Melbourne’s urban identity that frequently goes unnoticed. Here, two City bins are rendered into four chairs, each one amplifying unique features of the original, using different sections of the bin; the lid, door, surround, base and adjustable brass feet. Finished with a fresh coat of the familiar ‘Brunswick green’ paint that distinguished the bins used “in heritage areas and garden precincts”.
From some angles, they evoke the crafted furniture of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, or the facade of Looshaus in Vienna. From others, they resemble a more humble and utilitarian assemblage, akin to the practice of Enzo Mari. These chairs are intended as an illustration of intent, for a future of material scarcity and a City of palimpsests.
Materials:
Decommissioned/Disused Street Bins; Powder-coated steel, steel threaded rod, brass.
Additional items:
In contrast to the bins, we also propose to include a third small chair made entirely of materials that are grown, we are still in the process of producing this from material harvested from an agricultural campus in rural Victoria so we don’t have documentation of this at this stage but it is a part of an ongoing project around bio-based materials.
We also have our solar table, part of the series ‘Energy Objects’ from an exhibition called ‘Open Call’ for Do Works. It charges at battery that powers its own light, and can power a laptop, phone, speakers, etc. Depending on its location and orientation it may only charge for 1-2 hours per day, which would be enough to maintain the battery throughout the exhibition.
Ultimately, it may only be the city bins that work for this exhibition, but we thought we’d also propose some other objects that sit nicely in contrast to the bin chairs.
Many thanks,
Simulaa
