Strange Fruit to Remember

 there will be a day to remind us once a year of what strange fruits we have been obliged to digest..
strange fruit by billie holiday

I Steal, Copy, Compose and Print. Mash up or Ready Made?

...an interesting issue just raised at salone del mobile by Diederik Schneemann

Schneemann’s Mash Up’s are raising questions on the copyright issues that are emerging along side the fast growing 3D printing industry. What impact will this new production method really have on us as a consumer, designer, or producer? By using cutting edge 3D printing techniques to copy and mash-up, compose parts of established icons Diederik creates “new” controversial objects. A tribute to a few of his favourite designers.

THE MASH-UP COLLECTION…

Clouded by the amazing and endless possibilities 3D printing keeps on

offering us, we tend to neglect important issues that are emerging

alongside this fast growing industry.

Currently one of the biggest trends in 3D printing is reproducing designs

from databases on the Internet. For free! Bypassing the rightful owner of

the design.

‘I’m convinced there will be no way of stopping this 3D printing trend.

More and more designs will emerge on the Internet, making it hard,

maybeeven impossible to control the copyrights on every newly created or copied

item posted on the Internet. Are we moving towards the next Napster of Design?’

Mash-up or ready-made? Thief, Artist or designer?

‘I just want to create something new and refreshing. I want to show that

the 3D printer can be your next 3D copy machine which may find its way into your home… Soon.’

By carefully composing parts of icons from the past and present,

Diederik Schneemann creates controversial new pieces. The purpose of this

collection is to highlight the issues we need to address, the flip side of

3D printing! His goal is not to show complex 3D designs but to raise

questions on how to deal with copyright issues concerning 3D printing.

‘My Mash-up Collection is a tribute to a few of my favorite designers. By

using parts of their work I pose questions that hopefully lead to

discussions about important issues. In doing so I hope to contribute in

preventing the next copyright war.’

DIEDERIK SCHNEEMANN

I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH @MIART 2013

Visiting Miart in 2013 seems like a visit to what it could have been in the recent past and future editions.Vincenzo De Bellis and partners have managed to re-create a sense of belonging, an idea of fair.milano is obviously one the favorites venue for Italian collectors. most of them live in milano, a city that host about 100 contemporary art galleries. 1 for 1000 inhabitants.  I guess that's more than nyc, london or shanghai. milano, milano, milano. how much do you deserve a proper contemporary fair?
We think it does. needs more team work and the involvement of other players, too but it's a good start and well done to vincenzo!

and the amazing gelitin at fondazione trussardi

RITRATTO ANALISTA (ASSMADE PORTRAITS)