Freak Show: Designers present fresh material

Berlin – A new exhibition features everyday materials used in unusual ways.

Curated by creative consultant Sophie Lovell, Freak Show: Strategies for (Dis)engagement in Design at the Helmrinderknecht gallery presents work from a selection of international designers, including Jerszy Seymour, Pieke Bergmans and Dunne & Raby, all of whom aim to challenge the perceptions of design. ‘These ‘freaks’ are turning accepted norms on their heads,’ according to the curator.

Jerszy Seymour for example, is re-assessing materials and shapes with a new ‘alphabet and language’ to examine how industry affects values and social structures. Pieke Bergmans virally subverts mass-production processes, creating a new product world in which mutations and irregularities are the norm, not the exception.

For more on how designers are transforming everyday design, read the Seed about the Ruin Academy in Taiwan.