Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Dean’s Project for Mix House will Travel to Poland and Norway

The design for MIX HOUSE, one result of a collaboration between Dean Karen Van Lengen / KVLA, Joel Sanders / JSA, and Ben Rubin / EAR Studio, will be on display at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, Poland from November 30, 2007 through February, 2008 and the Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture in Oslo, Norway in summer 2008 as part of a larger exhibition developed by the Vitra Museum in Germany entitled OPEN HOUSE: Intelligent Living By Design. In addition to being mounted at the Vitra Museum in 2006, the exhibit was shown at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California earlier this year.

The collaboration between Dean Van Lengen, Sanders and Rubin, Hearways, builds upon shared interests in architecture, technology and the human senses. The output includes the design of MIX HOUSE, with an analogous installation that explores the possibility of closely coordinating sound and vision as a way to shape and to individualize the experience of the domestic environment.