In summer 2014, USM has invited seven masterclasses to celebrate the 50th anniversary of USM Modular Furniture Haller.
Following a workshop in Boisbuchet we focused on the active moment of modularity and the relation between man and machine.
« Modularity is modules, modularity is repetition, modularity is movement, modularity is rhythm, modularity is interaction.
Everything is a chain reaction, controlled or not. The objects, the materials and people interact with each other.
The production of things, the functions and the aspects varies. Nothing is stable, everything moves. »
A little windmill is the input for four different modules;
– The Mobile turns on two different axis
– The Pendulums swings in different rhythms
– The Flying Rings go up and down thanks to the tension of threads
– The Giant Sleeper « breathes » and become giant
The installation reacts not only to computational coding, but also to ‘codes’ or laws imposed by nature like gravity, pressure and so on. That makes the programmed output more random, flexible; more like a living being. That is where modularity is going.
The installation has been presented at:
– Palazzo dei Tessuti during the Milan Design week, 2015
– Altefabrik, Rapperswil Jona, 2016
– Design Museum London, 2018
