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Breakdowns in Participation A case study in the museum Dr. Mariana Salgado Head of the Master in Business Administration in User Centered Design User Driven Innovation Centre Laurea University of Applied Sciences 14.10.2012

Breakdowns in participation. A case study in the Museum

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Breakdowns in Participation A case study in the museum

Dr. Mariana Salgado

Head of the Master in Business Administration in User Centered DesignUser Driven Innovation CentreLaurea University of Applied Sciences14.10.2012

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The Secret Life of Objects

Esineiden Salatut Elämät

Design Museum

Helsinki

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Mariana Salgado- Media Lab TAIK- April 2008The Secret Life of Objects

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Enhancing collaborations with external partners

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 Yrjö Kukkapuro (1933-) Rocking chair “Experiment” birch laminate, tubular steel, wood, leather 1982 Avarte Oy Yrjö Kukkapuro graduated in interior architecture from the Institute for Industrial Arts in Helsinki in 1958. The basis for his design is in ergonomics. Kukkapuro has made an impressive amount of furniture for public spaces in his career. International postmodernist currents gave rise to the “Experiment” collection of furniture by Kukkapuro, first exhibited at the Milan furniture fair of 1982. The success of “Experiment” was evident in the fact of it being featured in 32 different newspapers and trade magazines.Yrjö Kukkapuro (this was a link to the designer’s company: http://www.avarte.fi/english/designers/yrjo-kukkapuro/)

Arcs and colours

Excellent chairs, cute, humorous. I fantasised about these chairs for a long

time and at some point a suitable pair came. The chair is like a pet. It smiles and

gestures to me like a funny rascal, in its own way, each day. No other lounge chair

does the same, but the morning starts well when I read the newspaper in its arms and

drink my morning tea in it

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Including the whole museum community

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Spaceless space

I recently heard a lecture by a Spanish artist called Roc Pares. He has worked with the idea of a virtual void. I see a certain similarity between Kåhre’s and Pares’

works, except that Pares works with the means of virtual reality and Kåhre’s piece is purely based on the physical. Both works also remind me of an article “Psychology and Nothing” written by Eliot Hearst (1991, American Scientist, 7, 432-443). Hearst writes about how hard it is for us humans to think about something that “is not” and

that we are programmed to deal with things that “are” and “exist.” Thinking about Kåhre’s piece, it might be that we are programmed also to perceive “what is” and

not “what is not”.

Galleria virtual: The website of Roc Pares’ work Galería Virtual.

Comment left in Conversational Map. 

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Acknowledging audience participation as strategy

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This thing is very good, says an open-sea fisherman. It’s amazing how the designer has got the idea of letting water pass through the

head of the fish, thus making it wobble in a nice way that the big fish can’t resist.

Comment left at The Secret Life of Objects

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Combining participation and educational activities

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Anti-Ode to a Lamp (Ode to Objects)

A man invents a lampthat is not a lampHe hides the lampinside ice.I don’t understand I am already coldI want warm light, yellow and graceful

A woman invents a new lampshe places it insidethe sun.Every morning it smilesat herthrough the gap in the curtains.

Nana

“Ode to a light (Ode to Objects)

The block lightit shines;WarmthCoolnessJoythe pastits form Mysterious oncalling us to itrevealing all.

Iina

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Interactive hinderances

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Allowing new formats

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Finnish design inspires me whenever I buy objects. Their high quality makes me think twice before choosing an object. They are practical, sit well with furniture, and their use of materials is good. Hard to say how much I appreciate your designs. 

“ Minimal

All this Finnish design makes me want to listen to minimal techno music.

Grandmother

There is a Savoy vase in every Finnish home. The size and colour just varies. It’s suitable for everything: flowers, fruit and stones. It is a true Finnish classic.

Original in English.

Aalto vase

Definitely one of the most well-known pieces of Finnish glass 

design in the world. I live in the U.S and have this vase at my home in 

many sizes and colours, and it makes me appreciate the artistic 

talent we have in Finland 

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Aiming for transparency

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Eeronauts

The furniture by Eero Aarnio has prompted a particular fan club: the “eeronauts.” All around the world, they have incorporated his work

not only into everyday life, but also into pop culture, from sci-fi to Playboy. These signs cover magazines, videos, movies, etc.

Comment left at The Secret Life of Objects . 

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Visitor’s comment

I have heard a story about these scissors, where the colour of their plastic part is a result

of the prototype process in which they used some leftover pieces of plastic that happened to be orange, the orange that afterwards was

used… is that story true?

Comment left at The Secret Life of Objects.. 

“ Answer from museum’s staff

The story is true. Fiskars had made a juice extractor before that. The juice extractor used orange plastic that accidentally ended up on the scissors handles when the first syringe was chosen. Workers were involved in the decision, and the colour orange was chosen for the handles.

Comment left at The Secret Life of Objects.