Mondo Materialis : Steelcase Design Partnership 1990
At the invitation of the Steelcase Design Partnership, New York, over 120 leading architects, interior, and industrial designers worldwide were asked to share their ideas and to explore the material, concepts and technologies for the future.
The participants created 30" inch square panels for an exhibition intended to present an overview of the next generation of design.
Five Memos for the Material World
With a nod towards Italo Calvino's essay 'Six Memos for the Next Millennium', this submission to the Mondo Materialis Exhibition identifies some material values applicable to the Haigh Studio work.
TRUTH
RHYTHM
PERCEPTION
COHERENCE
LEVITY
Emerging from a matrix of material definitions these values were acid etched into a magnesium plate to form the ideological basis from which our material selections initiate.
This project is part of the book Mondo Materialis published as a record of the exhibition by Harry N. Abrams.