Acc. № 198 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 198
L'Objet Inconnu: Le Jouet Subversif
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A 1963 Parisian design advertisement for an enigmatic kinetic sculpture or mechanical toy, rendered in the geometric severity of post-war modernism. The brushed-aluminum construct—part automaton, part industrial furnace—suggests a deliberately obscured function, with the tagline 'Pensez Différemment. Métal Hors-la-Loi' (Think Differently. Metal Outside the Law) implying either avant-garde art provocation or suppressed industrial design. Recovered from the archives of a parallel 1960s Paris where experimental object design operated under philosophical rather than commercial imperatives. Of interest to collectors of European modernist design fiction and Cold War-era conceptual art.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- Modernist product advertisement, photographic, Swiss typography
- Mood
- austere, conspiratorial, intentionally obscure
- Palette
- cream, navy blue, aluminum gray
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