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Resting Places Living Things: Designs by Michael CrossVisitors to Resting Places Living Things: Designs by Michael Cross, Oct. 18 - Feb. 1, 2009, in the Bloch Building of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, will enter a space unlike any other: the wooden floor will feature hills and valleys, a chair will respond to a visitor's approach, tree branches will support books, and walls will become resting places.
Cross, a British designer gaining international attention, is known for designs that strip away viewer's preconceptions and deliberately confound expectations.
He seeks new ways of seeing things by getting rid of what you know and starting again.
There is an element of willful innocence.
"When we match bold childish naivety about what can and should be done with adult technical know-how we find ways to make wonderful things," Cross said.
Trained as a product designer, all of Cross' experimental designs can be industrially manufactured and then used in everyday situations.
He uses the gallery as a design laboratory, an environment where experimental forms of objects can be nurtured into life and then studied for characteristics that can be transplanted into the wider world.
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