Design, a ready-made object or an object ready to be made

Abstract

This paper intends to develop questions related to the creation and use of objects in the present times. The place of new objects in a saturated world, opposed to minimalist philosophies, which aim to reduce the use of artefacts and (re) drive industrialized societies to a civilization state as elementary as possible, are aspects to consider and probe. The question of the user participation in the final configuration of objects – do-it-yourself – and questions related to the customization of those objects are fundamental topics. The ready-mades are a perfect excuse to the questions we pursue. The movement around this kind of objects is a matter of great importance in the past century. Those objects participate not in an informative way, but they lead us to a path of thought around the objects we use daily. We intend to connect this movement to the a object ready to be made. Object that we can interact and became emotional engaged with.