Hasta La Ideas

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pThis year, Droog bought hordes of items from liquidation salesmdash;safety vests, salt shakers, handkerchiefs, dog baskets, and wooden spoons numbering among themmdash;and invited 14 designers to produce a design using an object of their choice as a raw material. The results were exhibited and sold at a href=”http://www.droog.com/presentationsevents/saved-by-droog-/”emSaved by Droog/em/a, one of the week’s highlights./p

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pThe exhibition also answers the common question “But who buys this stuff?” Photographer Stefanie Gratz documents each owner with their new acquisition directly after checkout. Each photo is uploaded to the website, and some are turned into postcards and hung on the wall outside. Luc d’Hanis and Sofie Lachaert’s XX Chair has only one owner, but Makkink + Bey’s Daily Handkerchief has manymdash; we were number 52 (see above). /p

pBelow, their manifesto, taped casually to one of the columns. Shots of almost every object follow./p

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pemMakkink + Bey’s Daily Hanky: An image of the front page of a daily newspaper is meant to be completed by the user’s own embroidery./em/p

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pemLuc d’Hanis and Sofie Lachaert’s XX Chair, brought together “to make things a little easier.”/em/pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/milan10/milan_design_week_2010_saved_by_droog__16409.asp”(more…)/a
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