“Happy Campers” – an interactive exhibition with young Swedish design groups:
defyra
Research and Development
UGLYCUTE
We Work In A Fragile Material
Curated by Fredrik Helander, Johanna Lenander and Brett
Littman
May 21 – 23, Skylight Studios
“Happy Campers” is an interactive exhibition/workshop that features some of Sweden’s most exciting young design groups. The show coincides with the ICFF fair and is a part of the off-site Mobile Living exhibition at Skylight studios. “Happy Campers” offers an interesting alternative to traditional design exhibitions. Instead of promoting finished products, it is a creative experiment that will grow and evolve during three days.
Four young collaborative design groups from Sweden: defyra, Research and Development, UGLYCUTE and We Work In A Fragile Material, will build their installations and lead workshops on site with the help of the public. They will create a metaphorical ‘camp ground’ and explore issues of collaboration, social interaction, the Swedish relationship to nature, and mobile living. Visitors will participate in the growth of a 13 feet troll, stuff hot dog pillows by the yard and spend a virtual day in the Stockholm archipelago.
Items from the exhibition will be for sale at Salvor Kiosk May 23 through August www.salvorkiosk.com
Skylight Studios
275 Hudson St (at Spring St.)
New York, NY 10012