Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design - MoMA by Paola Antonelli

Overview

Commenting on atomic theory, the noted physicist Richard P. Feynman remarked that one has to lose one’s common sense in order to perceive what happens at the atomic level. So, too, must viewers of the exhibition Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design lose their common sense - a broad awareness of traditional materials, such as wood metal and glass-when considering "mutant materials”: fabrics made from ceramics, windows that are alternatively clear or translucent, or plastics woven in to the most durable of materials.

The exhibition and this book, which accompanies it, were prepared by Paola Antonelli, Associate Curator in the Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Architecture and Design. Her admirable efforts provide an exciting opportunity to look at and understand the complicated new physical world of objects conceived by an international array of contemporary designers and manufactured with a surprising diversity of new materials.

Paper bound with a special edtion, unique resin cover, exhibation Moma New York, May 25 August 27, 1995. Used with some wear and tear. 128 pages. 31 x 23cm.

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