The Beyond Icons exhibit may have a set theme, yet if there wasn't one, it would be easy to focus on a quality like air or a descriptor such as lightweight. Each and every one of the designs has an airy, lightweight quality about them it is ultra modern in an ethereal sort of way. It doesn't hurt that the Beyond Icons collection happens to adhere to a nearly all-white palette as well.
Designed by students from the Aarhus School of Architecture including Ninna Kjærgård Nielsen, Aviaaja Ezekiassen, Anne Marie Mau, Anders Kjærgaard and Yuan Deng, the Beyond Icons exhibit showcases a lot of raw talent. It helps that they were charged with interpreting "icons that have made a difference in time and space and changed our view on certain typologies--or even changed our behavior."
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Airy Design
- Opportunity for creating lightweight, ethereal designs that evoke a sense of airiness.
- Ethereal Aesthetics
- Opportunity to incorporate ultra-modern designs with ethereal aesthetics inspired by the Beyond Icons exhibit.
- Minimalist Palette
- Opportunity to explore designs with a nearly all-white color palette like the Beyond Icons collection.
Where This Applies
- Furniture Design
- Disruptive innovation opportunity for creating furniture designs with an airy, lightweight quality.
- Interior Design
- Opportunity to incorporate ethereal aesthetics and minimalist palettes into interior design projects.
- Architectural Design
- Opportunity to explore architectural designs that evoke a sense of airiness and ethereal aesthetics.
