Commissioned by MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design in Ljubljana for the series MadeIN: crafts and design narratives, the Ratio project by the Austrian duo mischer'traxler imposes itself as a visualization exercise that questions the production process underlying the availability of the materials usually used by designers.
Ratio by mischer'traxler investigates metal extraction
Each piece in the collection is transformed into a device that tells how little metal can be extracted from a given amount of stone. An exercise of awareness about origin and transformation.
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- Giulia Zappa
- 25 March 2020
- 2020
The pieces in the collection - 3 coffee tables, 2 zinc and copper trays, a stainless steel mirror and an aluminium bench - are characterized by the presence of a stone block and a metal sheet insert. Far from being random, the relationship between the two components illustrates the amount of metal that can be obtained from a given amount of rough stone. Transformed into a narrative expedient, each piece invites us to reflect on the impact of the mining processes, questioning the use of such energy-intensive materials that we usually take for granted.
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana
un progetto di mischer'traxler per il MAO - Museum of Architecture and Design di Ljubljana