Nassia Inglessis of Studio INI, Designer of ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (Disobedience) at London Design Biennale 2018

An interview with Nassia Inglessis of Studio INI, Designer of ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (Disobedience) at London Design Biennale 2018, with insights into her process, the thinking behind the installation, and some of her other work.

🎥🎬 by Vidan Lawnes

The concept of ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ (pron. anipakoi) has been used throughout history to describe the Greek temperament, with explorations of disobedience dating back to Ancient Greece and its internationally influential mythology. From the cautionary tales of Ikaros and Antigone, to Prometheus, a hero who feels a moral obligation to disobey the gods in order to create opportunities for human progress. Greece's design explores this duality in the nature of disobedience. How can we design to evoke disobedience yet harness its constructive and creative form?

In the spirit of disobedience, Greece’s kinetic installation changes our interactions with the physical environment, challenging a perception of architecture as something static, or emotionally inert. It encourages visitors to imagine a world in which buildings, boundaries and walkways morph and adapt in response to human intent, shedding light on a potential future for cities.

ΑΝΥΠΑΚΟΗ is comprised of a 17 metre-long wall constructed from a steel spring skeleton built up with recycled plastic which flexes, morphs and breathes around the human body. Visitors can transgress through this mechanical boundary, and as they tread, experience the skin of the wall transforming in response. The public are invited to participate in a mood of creative disobedience by transitioning from an obedient spectator to a disobedient actor, physically passing through (or ‘in between’) the wall along an undulating walkway. Emotions such as curiosity, ambivalence, frustration, temptation, excitement and wonder are amplified, as visitors experience the feeling of passing in between a boundary and uniquely impacting its shape.

Credits:

Designed, engineered and curated by: Studio INI led by Nassia Inglessis, Lead Designer and Engineer with team E. Brial, M. Vordonarakis, L. Walker, N. L'Huillier, A. Yioti and with Neiheiser Argyros, C. Hornzee-Jones, Elliott Wood Partnership Ltd.
With thanks to: G. Piscitelli, J. Bertolaso, S. Roots, F. Avgerinos, A. Lavail. With thanks for their fundraising efforts to: A. Kyriakopoulou, G. Kekatos, L. Modiano, D. Spiegelberg.
Primary sponsor: Eurobank Private Bank Luxembourg.
Other sponsors: Yiotis S.A., U. Kyriakopoulos, TERNA S.A., NEON, Martinos Art, Leventis Foundation, King’s College London, VETA S.A, E. Tsangrides, F. Kyriacopoulos, Plomari Ouzo S.A., SmilePlastics.

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Nairobi Design Week designed The Refugees’ Pavilion in collaboration with partner organisations that work with refugees around the world, and brought 'Inspiration through Creation' to the London Design Biennale 2018. We got to meet many other talented designers who were bringing their perspectives to the world stage.

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🎞4 part series from LDB2018:

Interview with Alissa Roadcup, RefuSHE (Refugees' Pavilion) : https://youtu.be/g0EB40Ips1M
Interview with Marta Terne, Better Shelter (Refugees' Pavilion) : https://youtu.be/Jp2z32GHPUQ
Interview with Madina Scacchi, Somali Architecture (Somali Pavilion) : https://youtu.be/bZycVaSYqHo
Interview with Nassia Inglessis of Studio INI (Greece) : https://youtu.be/jTvUkE0C_ec

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