The industrial revolution of 2013 is powered by bespoke kettles

摘要

A new exhibition has arrived in London which claims to help define a new era of design. Adbocracy, first commissioned for the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial in 2012, explores a wide variety of handmade, customised and one-off products. With exhibits ranging from bicycles to kettles and 3D printers, the exhibition tries to capture a moment when mass-produced objects transition to one-offs, enabled by new social and technological shifts: ease of access to the internet, increased access to rapid prototyping technology, as well as more timeless factors of necessity and human ingenuity.