Jana Francke is a bad designer*. Antagonistic and antithetical, she explores ways to undercut the mechanisms that inform collective and individual self-perception.
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Jana Francke graduated in product and process design (UdK, 2017). Her work is informed as much by her formal training as by her artistic and artisanal approach.
Francke plays with notions of subject- and objecthood, questioning the aesthetics of "functionality" from the standpoint that every thing is a body in a world of other bodies, every thing is embedded in a complex web of mutual manipulation, interaction and influence.
In Francke's designs, ‘normality’, ‘correctness’ or ‘propriety’ give way to the animated, ambiguous, warped, grotesque, viscous and amorphous.
"I make sculptural objects that look very impractical at times, but that are actually perfectly functional. I'd say I make things that want to be touched. Allure is a function, just like being dishwasher proof. I am obsessed with shapes, especially when they are not direct, when their charm is somewhat elusive, but still straight to the core. To me, objects are very much subjects that evoke emotional responses, and I long to be surrounded by forms that subtly move me. Maybe towards care, or towards a sense of belonging or connection to my environment."
Jana Francke graduated in product and process design (UdK, 2017). Her work is informed as much by her formal training as by her artistic and artisanal approach.
Francke plays with notions of subject- and objecthood, questioning the aesthetics of "functionality" from the standpoint that every thing is a body in a world of other bodies, every thing is embedded in a complex web of mutual manipulation, interaction and influence.
In Francke's designs, ‘normality’, ‘correctness’ or ‘propriety’ give way to the animated, ambiguous, warped, grotesque, viscous and amorphous.
"I make sculptural objects that look very impractical at times, but that are actually perfectly functional. I'd say I make things that want to be touched. Allure is a function, just like being dishwasher proof. I am obsessed with shapes, especially when they are not direct, when their charm is somewhat elusive, but still straight to the core. To me, objects are very much subjects that evoke emotional responses, and I long to be surrounded by forms that subtly move me. Maybe towards care, or towards a sense of belonging or connection to my environment."