Presentation by Joanette van der Veer During the mini symposium Shaping Sex, Designing Sexuality that took place on the 20th of oktober in MU artspace, during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.

1. JOANNETTE VAN DER VEER
Shaping Sex, Designing Sexuality

4. Ettore Sottsass
‘Shiva’ vase
1973

5. Hayward, Stephen, ‘Writing Contemporary
Design into History’ in: Lees-Maffei, Grace,
Writing Design: Words and Objects, London/
New York (Berg) 2012, pp. 63-74.
A post-optimal version of design history is ‘less likely to focus on
the evolution of the ‘tool-like’ capacity of everyday objects […]
than what might be called the ‘emotional efficacy’ of things: their
ability to amuse, to disturb, to trigger memories, to solicit playful
interactions.’
p.70.

6. Droog Design
‘Do Hit’ chair
2000

7. Consumer Culture
- Competitive
- Stressful
- Over-mediated
- Throwaway
Poetic Approach
- connects us with our
true selves
- embodiments of
meaningful experiences

9. sensual
destructive
awkward
shameful
desire
lust
painful
joy
banal
cliché

10. be·fore·play

11. Edouard Manet
‘A Bunch of Asparagus’
1880

12. JOANNETTE VAN DER VEER
Thank you.