Hasta La Motion!

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. A journey of invention, influence and intuition.

In primary school Adam’s irresistible urge to hack, re-engineer and reimagine the world around him inspired a redesign of the family vacuum cleaner, reversing its action. The bag’s contents were expelled in a puff of dust and debris onto the lounge floor. In high school a swift hack got the school clock to tick backwards. His concerned parents sent him to design school.

Adam Ben-Dror has recently graduated from Victoria University School of Design in Wellington. He also spent a year at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He creates beautiful objects that are designed to inspire debate, provoke thought or simply bring about delight.

His work spans a continuum of art, design and technology and explores the boundaries between functional purpose and whimsy. Often utilising both the physical and digital worlds, bringing together bits and atoms.

Adam has exhibited work internationally, most recently Pinokio (in collaboration with Shanshan Zhou) at the Barbican Center in London. Adam is currently a tutor at Victoria University and is taking a class in Multispecies design.

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