Think of a Hoola Hoop... a YoYo... a Frisbee. Think of how utterly simple and beautiful they all are. Not only are these objects beautiful, they are fun to play with. To have arrived at such design solutions I'm sure it required play time. It's important when designing anything to keep the sense of play. To feel free to take risks and to have fun with what you are doing while exploring the possibilities.
After an introduction to the work by many artists and designers I admire, who with the simplest of means have created the most elegant solutions, we will play and invent our own toys. While using recycled materials as much as possible to impose limitations, we will create toys to be played with alone and in groups.
The most important ingredients are ingenuity, sculptural beauty, play value, and simplicity.
This workshop is supported by the Conseil Général de la Charente.
Richard McGuire (US)
Richard McGuire was born in 1957 in New Jersey, he is currently living in New York. He started his professional career by designing record sleeves, posters and videos for his band (Liquid Liquid). He has created award-winning designs in many different media including book design, product design, and web design. He is a regular contributor to the The New Yorker magazine, and The New York Times. His animated logo designs appear regularly on (PBS) television. Most recently he designed and directed an animated feature film entitled 'Peur(s) du Noir'.
This workshop is organised in collaboration with EESI.
Since its foundation in 1995, the European School of Visual Arts (Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image, EESI) located in France has been delivering a full academic education dedicated to digital art and new narratives within a pedagogy based on research topics and artistic projects.
www.eesi.eu
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