Dust
Making objects with what can be found
Moving forward within society, I believe that more needs to be done to address the impact that designers and makers have. We all have responsibility when we create, but I don’t think that designers’ roles in the destruction of the planet have been taken seriously enough.
From this point onwards, I want to work with waste materials that I have sourced from my local area, in this case London, as I think this is an important direction to take when creating objects that will exist on the planet.
Throughout the course of this project, I have worked predominantly with waste plasterboard. This has allowed me to better understand and minimise the impact that I have when creating objects. This attitude of respect and responsibility has been carried the whole way through the project, from the conception of ideas, material decisions and manufacturing tools, all the way through to the finished object.
To communicate these principles to my audience, I have focused on creating high quality, aesthetically rich objects that deliberately blur the lines between art and design. I have focused my efforts to occupy the overlapping arenas of both the gallery and the home, exhibiting objects that both challenge and defy today’s perceptions of function, sustainability and aesthetics.
Byron Clark
design.bcbc@gmail.com
thisisbyron.org