Dezeen has teamed up with ASUS Zenbook to curate a major exhibition during London Design Festival exploring materiality, craftsmanship, and artificial intelligence.
Titled Design You Can Feel, the exhibition will showcase how material qualities such as form, colour, and texture can be combined to create objects or moments that awaken the senses.
Featured designers include Fernando Laposse, Giles Miller, Natural Material Studio, Niceworkshop, and Studio Furthermore.
The exhibition will also include a specially commissioned piece by Future Facility, the design and research studio led by distinguished designers Kim Colin, Sam Hecht, and Leo Leitner.
At the heart of the exhibition will be an exploration of Ceraluminum, an innovative new material that’s used to create the distinct visual identity of the ASUS Zenbook series of laptops.
Ceraluminum combines the lightness of metal with the resilience of ceramics through an aluminium ceramisation process, resulting in a new proprietary material with distinctive nature-inspired hues that make each object unique.
Unlike traditional aluminium anodisation, the process eliminates volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals and results in a 100-per-cent recyclable material.
This will be presented alongside work by other leading designers and curated around themes that speak to the qualities of Ceraluminum and showcase ASUS’s approach to design.
The laptops feature advanced AI tools and are clad in the proprietary Ceraluminum material.
This light and durable material can be used to create unique, everlasting designs. Each of the pieces in the exhibition – which span furniture, lighting, and installation design – will speak to these qualities in different ways, while Niceworkshop has produced a piece of furniture directly using the material.
The special commission by Future Facility will also be crafted from Ceraluminum.
Through this conceptual design, the studio will explore the relationship between the digital and physical worlds and ask how AI and materiality can change our relationship with technology.
Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to learn about the design story behind ASUS Zenbook and try out the AI tools it features for themselves.
Design You Can Feel will run from 17 to 22 September at Protein Studios in Shoreditch during London Design Festival.
More details of the exhibition, including details of the work on display, will be announced in the coming weeks at: dezeen.com/designyoucanfeel.
Conclusion:
The Design You Can Feel exhibition promises to be a unique and thought-provoking exploration of the intersection of materiality, craftsmanship, and artificial intelligence. With its focus on Ceraluminum and the innovative designs it enables, the exhibition is sure to inspire and delight visitors.
FAQs:
Q: What is the Design You Can Feel exhibition?
A: The Design You Can Feel exhibition is a major exhibition during London Design Festival that explores materiality, craftsmanship, and artificial intelligence.
Q: What is Ceraluminum?
A: Ceraluminum is an innovative new material used to create the distinct visual identity of the ASUS Zenbook series of laptops.
Q: What is the focus of the exhibition?
A: The focus of the exhibition is on the qualities of Ceraluminum and how it can be used to create unique, everlasting designs.
Q: Who are the featured designers?
A: The featured designers include Fernando Laposse, Giles Miller, Natural Material Studio, Niceworkshop, and Studio Furthermore.
Q: Will there be a special commission by Future Facility?
A: Yes, Future Facility will be creating a specially commissioned piece for the exhibition, which will explore the relationship between the digital and physical worlds.
Q: When and where will the exhibition take place?
A: The exhibition will take place from 17 to 22 September at Protein Studios in Shoreditch during London Design Festival.
Q: Where can I learn more about the exhibition?
A: More details of the exhibition, including details of the work on display, will be announced in the coming weeks at: dezeen.com/designyoucanfeel.
