Kelvin Soh at TypeSHED11

One half or Auckland outfit The Wilderness, Kelvin leans heavily on the side of design as art. This talk, entitled design in the space of friction, focused on the idea that something is only useful if it is used, but not necessarily for what it was designed for.
The designer might make suggestions but at the end of the day the control is in the hands of the audience. An obvious example is that of skaters in urban environments using the architecture to their own advantage, but Kelvin showed a great piece that filled the gap between exhibitions at an Auckland gallery. In essence a non-poster, empty with a different frame or border each time. Tween posters. In his own words they celebrate uselessness. But after few have been put up the viewer then adds meaning to them, i.e. there is no exhibition at the moment but there will be soon. Ironically, having completes a series of them they were all exhibited in the gallery.
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