These Sandbags are designed by Antenna Design, a New York-based design company. The code word for this design installation called ‘Spectre’ was flexibility. Placing sandbags in domestic environments challenges the traditional function and way we perceive sandbags.
Often used in disaster zones after floods, earthquakes and hurricanes, the viewers of Spectre were forced to see sandbags in a new improvisational way. The sandbag gets a new existence as a building block instead of a temporary emergency setup.
Pre-Disaster Home Design
Sandbags for Seating
Trend Themes
1. Flexible Sandbag Design - Designing sandbags with flexibility challenges traditional functions and perceptions, creating opportunities for innovative and versatile uses.
2. Reshaping Perceptions of Sandbags - By placing sandbags in domestic environments, new perspectives on their use and potential applications can lead to disruptive innovations.
3. Sandbags as Building Blocks - Transforming sandbags from temporary emergency setups to sustainable building materials opens up opportunities for creative and long-lasting architectural solutions.
Industry Implications
1. Architecture and Construction - The flexible design and potential use of sandbags in building structures present disruptive innovation opportunities in the architecture and construction industry.
2. Disaster Preparedness and Recovery - Reimagining the traditional function of sandbags in domestic environments can lead to disruptive innovations in disaster preparedness and recovery techniques.
3. Product Design - Redesigning sandbags to reshape perception and explore new uses provides opportunities for disruptive innovation in the field of product design.