chemero, henry
projects|
material| hard maple, iron acetate, osmo wax
year| 2025
what?
exploring inequality in shared spaces through affordances of communal objects catered to only one user.
how?
by changing small features of already commonplace objects, this series attempts to seamlessly replace similarly utilized furniture in communal settings while playing with the affordances of shared use to manipulate interpersonal and human-object interaction in a competetive and visceral way.
sources and relavant work
Chapman, J. (2021) Meaningful stuff: Design that lasts. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Chemero, A. (2003) ‘An Outline of a Theory of Affordances’, in.
Pye, D. (1968) The nature and art of workmanship: David Pye . Cambridge: University Press.
Rietveld Landscape, R. (2025) Breaking habits - projecten, RAAAF.
affordance: the quality or property of an object that defines its possible uses or makes clear how it can or should be used
workmanship: the quality imparted to a thing in the process of making
risk: possibility of loss or injury
certainty: the quality or state of being certain especially on the basis of evidence or repeatability
instrumental: capable of performing the task it was designed for
intrinsic: value divorced from intended utilitarian purpose
planned obselesence: the practice of making or designing something in such a way that it will only be usable for a short time so that people will have to buy another one