No Randomness

The Aram Gallery presents “No Randomness” by Oscar Lhermitte, explaining the design logic behind a range of humble products that serve us every day.

No Randomness, on show at The Aram Gallery, London, 2017
The Aram Gallery presents “No Randomness” by Oscar Lhermitte, an exhibition of 15 industrial designs with an interesting rationale. Why does an A4 piece of paper measure 210mm x 297mm? Why is a stop sign shaped like an octagon? And what’s the reason for a pint glass’s ungainly bulge? No Randomness will explain the design logic behind a range of humble products that serve us every day.

 

From packing peanuts to bottle caps, manhole covers and the 50p coin, the exhibition aims to show these products and systems are far from being randomly conceived, and have been expertly designed for economy and practicality. The bulge on a pint glass, for example, lets air pass between stacked glasses so they don’t get stuck together. Packing peanuts interlock when squeezed together, protecting the object they surround.

No Randomness, on show at The Aram Gallery, London, 2017
No Randomness, on show at The Aram Gallery, London, 2017

2 March – 1 April 2017
No Randomness
curated by Oscar Lhermitte
Set design: Oscar Lhermitte and Stinsensqueeze
The Aram Gallery
Dury Lane 110, London

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