Projects from Laura Jungmann
name
Laura Jungmann (ljungmann)
location
country
germany
university
Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
department
Product Design
university address
Lorenzstrasse 15
76135 Karlsruhe
university country
germany
url
id
0011712
title
foRMLOs - bitumen collection
professor(s)
Hansjerg Maier-Aichen / Volker Albus
rank
77
tags
product design interior design
year of making
2010
uploaded
2011-01-17 15:39:22
Laura Jungmann´s bitumen works range between sculpture and design. They tend to be more (design) subjects than objects, not allowing themselves to be quickly classified or consumed. The true nature of their black glossy surface is only revealed over the course of time: At room temperature the material used floes slowly but endlessly and allows fascinating living shapes to form, which is somehow inherently unexpected and uncontrollable. The permanent element of change and the „YES!“ to their past as utility objects make Laura Jungmann´s works – over and beyond the design context – interesting and aesthetically sustainable. They are not simply timelessly beautiful, but subtly question the claim of permanence and currentness of design products and invite the observer to confront such issues.
