Troll design : joindre l’utile au désagréable | Tracks | ARTE

A surfboard with jagged edges or a portable battery as heavy as a ball and chain… While it might not be immediately obvious, these objects are far from meaningless. By playfully mocking their very design, artists and designers challenge our alienation from material possessions, our desire to accumulate, and our obsession with cool. Can troll design save us, even just a little, from our contemporary excesses? Tracks investigates! 🏄🏻‍♂️ Perfect Designs:   / perfect._designs   🪞 Camille Ménard:   / agnst.design   🚰 Jean-Sébastien Blanc:   / jeanseb5.5   00:00 Introduction 01:10 Surf and rock’n’roll: riding the wave of troll design 05:44 Putting on the form: when function becomes secondary 10:06 Primary object: recycling to create better #designer #troll #secondhand https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/119473-... Find Tracks on Instagram:   / artetracks