The Piet Zwart Institute is proud to present work by students from the Master of Interior Architecture & Retail Design (MIARD) programme at Ventura Lambrate from April 9 – 14 2013. An exhibition that presents international design talent, simultaneously with the 52st Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

ALTERED APPLIANCES is an exhibition presenting projects that investigate the retooling of industrial low-tech appliances and gadgets to offer alternative design solutions and experiences for today’s kitchen. The exhibition is staged as a “live demonstration” presenting the process of making.

The kitchen was the inspiration for the design projects. Historically, the kitchen as a domestic room grew from the need to house a variety of activities related to consumption. It is a story of the making of the modern home and its components, and on the shifting place and development of the most technological, equipment-laden and factory-like room of the home.

For the projects, the designers researched historical examples of appliances/apparatus, particularly low-tech, hand powered devices to become experts in a particular appliance, use and its effect. From this initial investigation, design parameters, fabrication techniques and material experimentations were developed to define the project, its application and explore new “altered” design opportunities for the kitchen.

The projects exhibited were made during a “research by making” thematic design studio by students in the Master of Interior Architecture & Retail Design (MIARD) programme at the Piet Zwart Institute, Postgraduate Studies and Research in Art and Design Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Exhibition: Tuesday April 9  – Sunday April 14 2013, 10.00-22.00 hrs
Opening/ Cocktail Party April 10, 19:00 – 22:00 hrs
Ventura Lambrate (Train Station)
Via Privata Oslavia 7
20134 Milano Italy  

To learn more about Altered Appliances visit at.wdka.nl/alteredappliances or check out their Facebookpage.