It seems hard to define Nils Norman as an artist, a designer, or an urban planner – Norman's art develops interesting methods of distributing propaganda and information within the hideous boredom of commercial space. His work blurs boundaries between art and design - I'm really interested in the concept of his art which leads me to rethink the way certain spaces and models are locked into business-as-usual capitalism.
Nils Norman explores ways that urban regeneration efforts often homogenize public space and search for alternative approaches. He draws on past and present utopian experiments in the United States and Europe, as well as activist tactics for urban intervention.
Left: Hey Rudy!: A Phantom on the Streets of Schizz, 2004. Right: Proposed Redevelopment of The Oval, Hackney E2, London. Renamed: Let the Blood of the Private Property Developers Run Freely in the Streets of Hackney, 2003.
The Exploding School, led by Nils Norman.
Very interesting! Its funny, though. It seems that there is a really ironic component to his work that you could explore further. This this bus with its interior decked out with plants and bookshelves and stuff... I m interested in how this serves to even criticize the way in which people's own ideas of how they prefer to organize their PERSONAL spaces often has a negative effect on how public spaces are realized. Seems pretty subversive to me.
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