Non Intentional Design by Uta Brandes & Michael Erlhoff (2006), Multilingual Edition, Photobook
"the chair (also) becomes a coat stand, a surface to put things on, a ladder - or, for example, by piling books on the seat - a child's chair[...] Non Intentional Design lends apparently unambiguous objects a polymorphism, implies transformation combined with clever invention and novel functions." "NID is created out of necessity, convenience and play. It is frequently reversible and sometimes the product will be given a definite new application. NID does not want to design anything; no new design is being created here. It simply uses, converts, and generates something new or replaces something old as a result. NID could spare us much expense and trouble and could open design professionals' eyes to a more sensitive perception of their clients' environments." "[...] NID re-empowers people by returning to them their confidence and autonomous use of the object world."
