Creating meaning in an age of saturation, by Pli office.
We live surrounded by objects. Produced, distributed, and consumed, they respond, anticipate, and simplify—but in trying to solve everything, they no longer say much at all. And while mass production fulfilled the promise of a functional and accessible world, above all it created an excess from which a sense of disillusionment is now emerging. The disillusionment of designers faced with obsolescence, accumulation, and production methods, and that of the objects themselves, weary and disappointed by our lack of attention and consideration. Yet something remains, persists, and resists. An opaque tension—let us call it chaos. It is not disorder; it is what eludes function, resists language, and does not always find its place. Everything Is Chaos is therefore an invitation to experience objects that reintroduce desire and poetry by fostering connection where only function remained. This is precisely where design begins. Christopher Dessus, exhibition curator
Source: paris.fr — photo: Graphic design: Studio Fables