IMAGES FOR PRINT A list of all pieces in the show and full-size files for print are available on request. Please email members_show@coroflot.com or call us at 1-888-756-8282 (toll-free) INTRODUCTION TO THE SHOW As professional design practice becomes increasingly commodified and designers proliferate, a vanguard takes flight. Pieces in this show are early indicators of a shift in the design world.They are non-traditional, and represent the periphery of design rather than the mainstream. The work represents design as it pulls away from its primary place as an instrument of industry and moves toward concept, craft, and art. Mirroring the larger role of the designer vanguard in our increasingly commercial culture, these designers portend a shift in the role of designer.In the metaphorical space of our show they are the canaries in the coalmine. Where are they off to? The clear skies of concept, the moist soil of craft,the lush foliage of art. Some designers practice self-removal from the design process, performing minimal interventions, re-purposing, assembling, translating. Some focus on the minutiae of design, concentrating on the solid specifics of making a mechanical object work, or just building something big. Others choose to create the fanciful items without use. Some look back at the environment they fled and mock it with intentionally frivolous work. Many strive to realize the essence of object or environment or process, playing with refinement and dematerialization in search of an idealized object. Some repurpose product to begin a conversation with abstract thought or shared introspection striving to tell stories, both narrative and critical. The process of putting this show together was extractive: We did not look at the 10,000 Coroflot.com portfolios in search of excellence; rather, we let the theme emerge as the veins of ideas revealed rich deposits of talent. As such, the end product this show was not so much manufactured as discovered. ------------------ For any additional information please email members_show@coroflot.com or call +1-888-756-8282.

Opening Party May 17, Saturday 6PM - 11PM Exhibit Hours May 17 - 20 11AM - 6PM Press Preview May 16 6PM - 8:30PM Location Gallery 91 91 Grand Street, NYC (A, C, E or N, R subways to Canal, then walk up one block to Grand,cross-street is Greene) Sponsored by