Echoing Joseph Beuys, IKEA once campaigned that ‘everybody is a designer’, celebrating their consumers armoured with an Allen key. Today, besides software, people hack politics, the military, cuisine, DNA, BarbieTM and also design. Hacking design not only results in many new products that are copied instantly, but is also an interesting driver for innovation, as is clear from the hacks that were shown at the exhibition Platform21 = Hacking IKEA, but also reminiscent of the ‘phone phreaking’ streak that inspired Steve Wozniac and Steve Jobs to start Apple.
SIMULACRA – HACK BY BAS VAN BEEK
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ WWW.BASVANBEEK.COM
PLATONIC SUNS – HACK BY DANIEL SAAKES ➝ REPRAP / ERIK DE BRUIJN
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ LOG.SAAKES.NET
ÖLKE BÖLKE – HACK BY REMY&VEENHUIZEN
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ WWW.REMYVEENHUIZEN.NL
LAMPANBETWEENTWOBLANDAS – HACK BY STUDIO PLUS
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ WWW.WOUTERVANNIEUWENDIJK.NL
ASTRID – HACKED BY LISETTE HAASNOOT
PHOTO: LISETTE HAASNOOT ➝ WWW.LISETTEHAASNOOT.NL
ASTRID HACKED BY LISETTE HAASNOOT
PHOTO: LISETTE HAASNOOT ➝ WWW.LISETTEHAASNOOT.NL
FLATPACK RE-ARRANGED – HACK BY KIEREN JONES
PHOTO: KIEREN JONES ➝ WWW.KIERENJONES.COM
FLATPACK RE-ARRANGED – HACK BY KIEREN JONES
PHOTO: KIEREN JONES ➝ WWW.KIERENJONES.COM
IKEA COFFIN – HACK BY JOE SCANLAN
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ WWW.THINGSTHATFALL.COM/JOESCANLAN.PHP
HEX (IKEA HEX KEY NECKLACE) – HACK BY CYNTHIA HATHAWAY
PHOTO: PLATFORM 21 / PREMSELA ➝ WWW.HATHAWAYDESIGNS.ORG
BEACH BAG – HACK BY SARAH KUENG AND LOVIS KAPUTO ➝ INTRODUCTION / MARLEEN STIKKER
PHOTO: SARAH KUENG & LOVIS CAPUTO ➝ WWW.KUENG-CAPUTO.CH