No name/no function, looking at functions through forms.

A series of objects that have been designed without any function but with the purpose to fulfil an unpredicted need. At first they might appear useless, but the fact that they are present in time and space give them the opportunity to be used for something. It is up to the user to perceive/think of a function or not. If used as a seat, then it is a seat; if used as a bowl, then it is a bowl, etc.

Instead of deciding of a function and creating an object to achieve this function (Form follows Function), I wanted to create unknown products and see how we could use them (Function follows form).
The object is here, it has a material, a shape, a colour, a weight. What can it achieve?

During the design process, I realized it was impossible to create useless objects as the simple fact of sketching a shape and giving it a scale was already giving it a function. In order to fulfil my objectives, I had to step away from the design process; I had to dislocate myself from any rational thinking. The RX227 process is a card game combined with 3D software that allows me to create random useless objects. Its aim is not to create highly complex forms, but only forms I would not expect. All the objects emerging from this process are rapid prototyped so that any product designed by the game can be produced.

Oscar Lhermitte

Tags: diversive, function, random