One of the most buzzed about exhibitions in New York right now is ‘Design and the Elastic Mind’ at MOMA. Sophie and I trekked up to Midtown a few days ago to check it out.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/
Mind blowing.
And overwhelming, but two projects stuck with me.
Moritz Weldemeyer’s Pong Table is a basic kitchen table. A closer look reveals the table surface to be a giant computer game.
What better way to start the day than sitting down with your cup of Joe, a bowl of cereal and a quick game of Pong with your kids before heading out the door for work.
It’s not such a big leap to imagine your iPhone, enlarged to table top size…. Instead of ‘pass the salt please’ it might be ‘pass that email please.’
And the chair you’ll sit in… why not sketch it in thin air? Motion capture and digital technology will make it for you.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/#/235/
But by far the most touching and inspiring project in the entire exhibition is Alan Outten’s challenge to school children to create the things of the future.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/#/269/
What good is digital technology without imagination? Children have the most elastic minds on the planet. The best players in the digital world will be the ones who can think like children.
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