rachel McGovern
environmental DESIGN, FURNITURE, LIGHTING AND FIXTURES
ArtCenter College of Design
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Lighting / Furniture / Product / Architecture / Interiors
My location: Los Angeles, United States
rachel McGovern
First Name: rachel
Last Name: McGovern
University / College: ArtCenter College of Design
Course / Program: environmental DESIGN, FURNITURE, LIGHTING AND FIXTURES
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Lighting / Furniture / Product / Architecture / Interiors
My Location: Los Angeles, United States
Website: Click To See Website
About
Rachel McGovern is a sculptor and designer based in Los Angeles, CA. She attended Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts fellow. She is recently graduated with her Masters of Science in Environmental Design at Art Center College of Design. “By exploring interactions of form, I am building an archive of work that plays amongst ideas of minimalism, tactility and ornamentation. The objects I make become interactive sculptures for everyday use through the consideration of material and design. The performances between human and object and between object and human are key to the construction of my work. Viewers become collaborators, as their visual reaction and use of each object is the ultimate product of my work.”
I noticed a challenge with our ability to define the boundaries between material and object. enter the celebration of materials that are also objects and objects that are also materials. this collection allows them to be both. material objects are often casted as cold, hard, unapproachable, closed with set function + use. these were the attributes I looked for in my material exploration. for instead of down casting such attributes, I wanted to recontextualize and celebrate them through design.
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