Reading through the examples of the Slow Design Principles I was surprised to see that I could recognize them straight away in famous art pieces. For example, I believe that the “Crown Fountain” created by Jaume Plensa which could be found in Millennium Park is a very good example of two design principles: Participate, engage. This fountain shows many faces of people, people who live in the city of Chicago, people from different backgrounds and places. Their videos are a huge part of this instillation which is exactly what participating is in the Slow Design Principles.

Another artwork that I immediately recognized it having the slow design principles engage and expand was Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s “Remote Pulse”. This was a piece that on of my fellow classmates discussed during her presentation, and it was the first piece to come in mind when thinking about both engaging and expanding. Engaging in the sense that this instillation requires two people to interact with it in order for it to function. It is a work that relies on collaboration. It also shows expanding as this piece wouldn’t be able to function without someone interacting with it making the viewer understand that this object’s functionality has more potential.

For my fantasy project I want to create a projection that appears to be a hologram or very realistic. This projection would show a huge painting frame with multiple objects in it. Objects such as pyramid like mountains, an LED screen with wires coming out of it, a sculpture, a landscape, a drawing, a background sky that is made of different oil painted skies all cut and put together. This frame is to contain all forms of art, or at least try to. Under this projected frame a sign would be located with the words “Please Touch”. The idea of this piece is to tell the viewer that they are allowed to touch this art piece, this sculpture, this painting, this drawing, which is usually not the case in most galleries, exhibits and museums. However, right when the viewer does touch the piece it starts crumbling to pieces. This signifies the effect that humans have on nature and on manmade objects. The nature being destroyed is represented through the landscape and the mountains. The manmade objects represented by the frame, the painting, the sculpture…etc.

This work showcases two slow design principles. First, it requires engagement from the viewer in order for the piece to be fully complete. The viewer collaborates with the piece in a way that reveals more about the purpose behind the work. Which brings this to the second principle is practices, which is revealing more about the artwork. Through the collaboration the viewer is exposed to the piece more, to the materials being used in it, to the idea and purpose of this. It invites the viewer to think about this effect that all humans have on anything around them.