Fredrik Forsman |
Master
Year of birth: 1975, Year of the Rabbit
Place of birth: Ponta Fina, Belgian Congo
Contact: +46 (0) 70 641 92 99 Credits: ELFA Battlefield Tactics I am a mass producer. Industrial Designer. How come? Should we not be involved in the social debate? Strange – as the power of consumption to an alarming degree is political. Design – a lubricant for commerce, or a power-tool for change. The choice is ours. I am an army officer. I have set my scope by observing the links between a consumerist society and military tactics. A commercial battleground.
Through political articles on global issues China – The Golden Shield Project Sweden – Mass surveillance is rising Iraq – The transcendence of a martyr, Saddam Hussein USA – Global Control, Boeing delivers
The designed products, of hybrid origin, embody the metaphor. Yet, they are lamps, lamps serving as the critical catalyst between objects and the political essence, deeply rooted in a consumerist and military world.
All Eyes on You – All Lies on You, governmental surveillance chandelier (lamp), 2008 |
