"Provocations" by Heatherwick Studios was
an extraordinary event that looks at the everyday household item, and thinks of
new “inventive work, that combines novel engineering and new materials and
innovative design”. From large architectural project in South Africa, the U.K,
Abu Dhabi, to the ceremonial lighting cauldron for the London 2012 Olympic
Games, Heatherwick Studios imagination is a “diverse body of work that defies
easy categorization and eschews any notion of a signature style.”
Before even
entering the exhibit, there were chairs shaped as if they were giant dradles
in the middle of the hammer museum. A
lot of people found it amusing, I was one of those people. I soon found out
that this very chair was designed by Heatherwick himself. Every artist has an
approach and objective. In Heatherwick’s mind, his approach his artwork is
similar to what we have learned in class this entire quarter. How innovations
must look at all different levels, different scales, even different fields in
order to go beyond what the normal human mind and eye perceive of things. We’ve
learned that whether its art and technology, art and mathematics, art and
science, no matter the combination, it’s the innovation that sticks the
relationship together to create a beautiful masterpiece. Heatherwick’s various
art pieces illustrates our want and need to connect the various worlds in
order to develop and unravel the unknown. For Heatherwick, a lot of his
inspiration connects the architectural complexities into most of his artwork.
For example the picture above, illustrates the cross interconnection with the
artwork’s objective of a citylandscape and of the architectural engineer design. However, when
looking at the complexities, we soon realize Heatherwick takes the simplest of
designs and molds it in a way that makes our brains think and appreciative of
the simpler things in life. The chair for example, something that is needed in
an everyday setting, yet we do not appreciate its purpose. Heatherwick, brings
those simple household objects back to life. 
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