Movie: Collective Works by Mischer'Traxler at Clerkenwell Design Week
Austrian design duo Mischer'Traxler talk to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about how their basket-building machine will only work when someone's watching in this movie we filmed at Clerkenwell Design Week.
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Called Collective Works, the machine uses sensors to detect an audience and starts to glue together strips of wooden veneer.
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When more bodies join, felt tips pens make contact with the veneer and apply colours for as long as the onlookers remain clustered round it.
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"If the process ends with just something to look at, it's not enough," says Katharina Mischer when describing their projects, "the outcome needs to be as strong at the process".
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