2006-2009 FLYSPACE 2: In order to advance the trajectory of each individual discipline, could the architect and graphic designer instead create a soltion not showcasing an artifact recognizable specifically to each discipline? Shouldn’t this interdisciplinary venture result in a new exploration instead of a building or a book? This project explores such a collaboration between architect/Associate Professor Lois Weinthal (Parsons New School), graphic designer/Assistant Professor Eric Benson (University of Illinois) and graphic design undergraduate student Maia Lewis (University of Illinois). This project, entitled FLYSPACE is the continuation of a previous collaboration between architects and product designers published in the May2007 journal On/Site. The second phase of this project focused on using only environmentally sensitive materials (industrial felt, recycled steel, & organic cotton) while tasking each discipline involved to explore their own identity in relation to patterns and structure (with an emphasis on the wearable and domestic).
