The context of the Nissan Cube, future car culture, and refined public spaces is presented in three scenarios. On three platforms in the hotel, each displaying one scenario, visitors can peek into our view on refining the public realm. We've chosen to show works which signify new and past culture, revealing the story in between about the way products and culture evolve through reciprocal response.
Re-interpreting the container, Studio Makkink & Bey engage our perceptions of what a product’s purpose is. These shipping crates, normally used to temporarily house goods, take on a more solitary role as a sized down household unit. The Crate Series re-defines functional, ordinary objects by infusing them with new narratives. Shipping crates usually used for temporary storage and freight are transformed into containers for living, domestic cabinets rich in detail. The result plays with our ideas of value; the container becomes the content, a by-product is metamorphosed into the product.