Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St
415.978.2787
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Art
TechnoCraft: Hackers, Modders, Fabbers, Tweakers, and Design in the Age of Individuality
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Courtesy Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
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July 10, 2010 – Oct 3, 2010
Daily
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- Price
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$5 - 7
“SF-based industrial designer Yves Béhar has designed a waterproof rechargeable vibrator, dog accessories, the XO laptop, and an enormous Swarovski chandelier at JFK Airport that features 55,000 crystals and 2,000 motion-sensitive lights — and that's just for starters. With his local design firm Fuseproject, Béhar blends humanistic and sustainable design with a sleek modern aesthetic, believing that "good design is a way to tell people that you value them." Béhar is the curatorial force behind the YBCA's TechnoCraft exhibit, opening this week, which challenges both designers and the general public to think about design that holds people in mind. TechnoCraft is about continual innovation, including improving upon finished products by "hacking" or modifying them. Mass production, look out — in this exhibit, the hacker becomes the hero.”
Bonnie Chan, Flavorpill
Note:
The exhibit is open during regular museum hours.
Yerba Buena says:
TechnoCraft explores how the boundary between the role of the designer and the consumer is disappearing. Curated by acclaimed designer Yves Béhar, the exhibition traces the current trend in design away from fixed objects toward open design platforms that invite people to participate in the creative process. Selected works span the spectrum from intentionally collaborative to outsider hacks, where finished products are adapted or modified by the user.
