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The Main Auditorium of Jyväskylä University
http://www.alvaraalto.fi
organizzato da:
Alvar Aalto Academy, Alvar Aalto Museum, City of Jyväskylä
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cura di:
Sari Anttonen, Simo Heikkilä, Esa Laaksonen, Alvar Aalto, Sarlotta
Narjus, Ilkka Suppanen
partecipano:
Paola Antonelli, Matali Crasset, Ilkka Suppanen, Harri Koskinen, Jasper
Morrison, Patricia Urquiola, Anna von Schewen, Iñaki Ábalos, Gaetano
Pesce
Choices is all about a desire to study the works of acknowledged
designers in the light of the choices involved. Orson Welles’ Citizen
Kane begins with the end.
Everything starts and ends with Rosebud, and the fascination of the
plot stems from following the events that led to the final scene.
Our protagonists here in the Choices seminar, the lecturers and their
accomplishments, are also well known. Now they will be sharing with
us some of the plot turns, coincidences, and choices behind their
celebrated creations.
Designers have to face a vast number of choices. The physical, obvious
ones are there for anyone to see: the materials and the forms. The
most difficult and intricate choices are what you often fail to see.
Usually the designer is not alone making his or her decisions: the
views of many other parties involved influence the number of choices
left up to the designer. How do they influence and are we able to
recognise this influence? How to choose for whom and with whom you
work? How to balance between your own principles and extern all requirements
– how far will you go? How about private life: does it influence your
working methods and creations? Can you actually decide on the working
methods, or do you just do what you have to?
Designers’ choices also influence the lives and environment of a great
number of other people. The choices related to material, production
technology and use affect the ecology and aesthetics of the world
we live in. Designers make long-standing decisions that affect us
all. Among all the choices involved, it is difficult to identify the
significance of intuition, contingency and the subconscious, but there
is no denying it. In the end: what is the significance of the conscious
choices? I wish you a warm welcome to the seminar! (Sari Anttonen,
Designer, Seminar Chair)
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