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Reinventing Invention – A new way of looking at Industrial Design
Posted in Visions by Virginia on May 13th, 2009
Excerpt from March Issue of Metropolis. To view the article, please visit Metropolismag.
By Susan S. Szenasy
I’m having a wabi sabi moment. Thoughts of simplicity, tranquility, and balance envelop my senses even as I feel a lively intelligence hovering around me. I’ve escaped into Tadao Ando’s Suntory Museum, on Osaka’s carnivalesque waterfront, and I’m strolling through white interiors, looking at an array of famÂiliar objects. They tell a story about how inventive forms, in conjunction with material and technical innovation, can result in an iconic family of industrial designs.