Author Description

"This catalog accompanies Craft Contemporary's PST exhibition, Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design, on view September 28, 2024 - January 5, 2025. Like the exhibit, the publication begins with a reframing of materials as processes and presents the work of twenty designers through thematic clusters: Animating, Disassembling, Feeding, Re-fusing, and Stitching. Content includes essays, photography, how-to guides, and conversations featuring exhibition participants and expert scholars, providing readers with perspectives, insights, and provocations that broaden the exhibition's scope. ncludes contributions and projects by Adobeisnotsoftware, After Architecture, Amy Zhang, Anupama Kundoo, Assemble, Assia Crawford, Atelier LUMA, BC architects, Caroline A. Jones, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, Didem Ekici, DOSU Studio Architecture, Dylan Wood, Elsa MH Mäki, Gramazio Kohler Research, HANNAH, Hilary Huckins-Weidner, Jennifer Johung, Joar Nango, Katariina Träskelin, Lola Ben-Alon, Mae-Ling Lokko, Maru Garcia, Omar Kahn, Post Rock, Rael San Fratello, Sara Inga Utsi Bongo, SOFTLAB, Soft Matters, Strat Coffman, Sutherlin Santo, Tag Christof, Ye Rin Mok, Yogiaman Tracy Design, Zara Pfeifer, and Zofia Trafas White." -- Craft Contemporary website.