Objects May Vary

Objects May Vary
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Objects May Vary is an cross–disciplinary collaborative exhibition platform dedicated to experimental design . It invites independent and emerging designers to respond to a single object typology, using it as a starting point rather than a fixed brief. The platform is founded on the belief that typologies are not limitations but generative frameworks: recurring forms that, when questioned, open space for new ideas, materials, and approaches.

The first edition of Objects May Vary explored the is the coat rack, presenting the work of 23 designers responding to this everyday object. Each work approaches the coat rack from a different perspective: material, functional, conceptual, creating a portrait of how contemporary designers engage with familiar typologies.

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