DESIGN MIAMI | FOLLOWING MATTER BY ATRA
AN EXHIBIT BY SHOW BY ATRA FEATURING ALEXANDER DIAZ ANDERSSON AND ANDREAS DIAZ ANDERSSON,
DESIGN MIAMI BOOTH C/09
ATRA IS PRESENTING ‘FOLLOWING MATTER’. A SERIES OF NEW PIECES DESIGNED BY ALEXANDER DÍAZ ANDERSSON A SWEDISH-MEXICAN DESIGNER BASED IN MEXICO CITY. HE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ATRA. IN COLLABORATION WITH ARTIST AND BROTHER ANDREAS DÍAZ ANDERSSON, A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ART AND DESIGN IS FORGED. IT IS AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY WHERE THE MATERIALS LEAD THE FORM.
TOGETHER AND AS PART OF THIS SAME EXPLORATORY DIALOGUE, DAILY AND INDUSTRIAL, AS WELL AS RECOVERED MATERIAL, CREATE SCULPTURAL OBJECTS OF WORK THAT DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE BROTHERS OWN DICHOTOMOUS IDENTITY: A BLEND OF CLEAN SCANDINAVIAN LINES AND WHIMSICAL ELEMENTS OF TRADITIONAL MEXICAN DESIGN THAT SEEK TO ANTICIPATE HOW DESIGN AND ART WILL CHANGE INTO THE FUTURE.
