Comments on: If Only Gio Knew… by Martino Gamper http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Moss http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-190306 James Moss Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:03:47 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-190306 Interestingly the opinion 'C' gives is the precise reaction that would lead an artist to do a controversial piece. Martino would have known it would be controversial and for that reason have chosen to go ahead with it, controversy gains press, hense post modernism happening. He's not an idiot. If you find his work upsetting then look at Maarten Baas' work!! He burns classic furniture. He isn't a designer who has really has designs produced and in shops. He is a design artist, exhibiting in galleries, having a gallery represent him etc. He makes one- off pieces which go in galleries and does work for exhibitions. To recommend he goes and learns to design is a little short sighted, it’s not the kind of work he does. ‘If only Gio knew’ is a ‘happening’ and as such qualifies as art, his work is not design in a ‘form follows function’ way, the concept is more important, also an artistic idea, as Duchamp says ‘I am interested in the ideas, not merely in visual products’ Interestingly the opinion ‘C’ gives is the precise reaction that would lead an artist to do a controversial piece. Martino would have known it would be controversial and for that reason have chosen to go ahead with it, controversy gains press, hense post modernism happening. He’s not an idiot. If you find his work upsetting then look at Maarten Baas’ work!! He burns classic furniture.

He isn’t a designer who has really has designs produced and in shops. He is a design artist, exhibiting in galleries, having a gallery represent him etc. He makes one- off pieces which go in galleries and does work for exhibitions. To recommend he goes and learns to design is a little short sighted, it’s not the kind of work he does. ‘If only Gio knew’ is a ‘happening’ and as such qualifies as art, his work is not design in a ‘form follows function’ way, the concept is more important, also an artistic idea, as Duchamp says ‘I am interested in the ideas, not merely in visual products’

]]> By: a.h. http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-78323 a.h. Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:59:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-78323 no, these are cool forms, and made in one sitting is a quick change of personality for that set of objects. i wish to see that performance ! i would love to have that studio. / storage cavern no, these are cool forms, and made in one sitting is a quick change of personality for that set of objects. i wish to see that performance !
i would love to have that studio. / storage cavern

]]> By: Zender rocks! http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-24024 Zender rocks! Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:32:36 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-24024 Truth can be offensive and annoying. Truth can be offensive and annoying.

]]> By: C http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-24001 C Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:59:00 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-24001 Re-appropriating used furniture? Destroying, more like. One thing is using discarded pieces of chairs to experiment with ideas - not hugely interesting, but what the hell. Now, destroying well designed pieces to turn them into rubbish?! (By Gio Ponti, nonetheless, just to have some sort of association with good design). What's the reasoning there? Go and learn how to design, instead of pretending to be interesting by destroying other people's work! Re-appropriating used furniture? Destroying, more like. One thing is using discarded pieces of chairs to experiment with ideas – not hugely interesting, but what the hell. Now, destroying well designed pieces to turn them into rubbish?! (By Gio Ponti, nonetheless, just to have some sort of association with good design). What’s the reasoning there? Go and learn how to design, instead of pretending to be interesting by destroying other people’s work!

]]> By: Mattia Nuzzo http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-23078 Mattia Nuzzo Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:37:55 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-23078 Um, offensive and annoying. Um, offensive and annoying.

]]> By: Zender http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/comment-page-1/#comment-23030 Zender Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:33:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2007/08/03/if-only-gio-knew-by-martino-gamper/#comment-23030 If only Gio knew this is a piece of crap :) If only Gio knew this is a piece of crap :)

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