THE NAUTRAL WOLD HAD THE RIGHT IDEA ALL ALONG. Ross Lovegrove also known as “Captain Organic” is truly a pioneer at Industrial Design, definitely a name to go into the history books of design. He believeS in qualifying the present moment in design and utilising new technologies with new materials to define new shapes.
Ross recognises that the form of nature touches soul and emotion for both himself and other designers. I found that he responds well to all types of form especially the organic type, this excludes any superficial or artificial structures.
The world of James Watson and Amy Loven inspire Ross Lovegrove the pure distinctiveness of their thinking, finding instinct a huge influence in his design career. He manages to find everyday things in the twenty-first century and evolves them into beautiful things from natural and organic forms, elevating peoples perceptions and developing them into pure compositions.
DNA; Design Nature Art. Ross believes that this was what inspired him to design the Water Bottle that his definitely most famous for. He found whilst designing this organic product that observation, curiosity, instinct and photography work together to form art. This piece of art was surely an impressive form of skill were the bottle is an icon of water, giving different shapes. His conception of this design was to show that nature improves with every greater purpose were natural growth patterns are created by these forms.
Continuing with the natural growth pattern, it was said by Ross that you cannot be restricted by the form of nature therefore inspiring him to pursue his future designs through new organic materials.
One specific design which stood out to me was the $1.7 million chair made of magnesium, designed by a Wales designer in 2007, being both organic and essential. The polymers used in them change into elasticity.
Other organic designs contribute to Henry Moore’s work were there is a spiritual connection between relationships and sensual things. The natural forces that bring these together is found to be the maximum beauty of the single surface structures and how they flow.
Another natural and pure design I found quite interesting was the drop of water on heat. This design later evolved into a spectacular car design were it was solar panel during the sun and at night it was a street light.
For Ross Lovegrove he leans towards efficient things, design that are fat free and healthy products built by composites of nature. He found that “modern materials allows us to do modern things”, this is something I found very true and distinctive through the video reflection or organic designs.
Ross Lovegrove seemed to be inspired by unusual and natural things, sticking an elephant skull in his studio. Other inspirational products in his studio would’ve been the polycarbonate chair which is being made in Italy, most likely near finished and also the bike which its handles folded back.
“OVERTIME IS THE PASSION OF DESIGN”… an inspirational quote by Ross Lovegrove.
This naturally looking form was inspired through a light which was found as i did my research on folding techniques. The 'Orbit' looking bowl was transformed from a 2D shape as I played with different shapes and experimenting by cutting the shapes up and joining them together. My task was achieved successful by creating a prototype of a gift that could be collapsed and sent through the mail in an ordinary C4 envelope.
