Perception
of the Extreme Unseen
Visual
Logistics and Representation of Subatomic Particle Matter and Energy
> NEW EXHIBIT!!!!!! At Fermilab June 6th to August
26th 2005
> Updated
Biography as Adobe.pdf
Jan-Henrik Andersen
Particle
Designer
For me as an industrial
designer the project has offered the possibility to apply an analytical and
aesthetic approach to visual problems beyond the traditional realm of the
object culture as practiced by designing and manufacturing of functional
objects. The project is posing a challenge in transcribing the abstract values
and properties of the subatomic particles into a system of form geometries and
motion, lines, planes and solids, of color and light, which reflects the
richness of this tiny world, and at the same time withstand the scholarly
scrutiny of both visual design and physics.
Jan-Henrik Andersen is an Assistant Professor of Industrial
Design. With a background in architecture he earned his diploma from the
Institute of Industrial Design at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD)
in Oslo, Norway (1984), where he served as tenured faculty until 1996. After a
visiting professorship at Purdue, he joined the University of Michigan in 1999.
He maintains a professional practice with projects ranging from visual and
cross-disciplinary university related research, to development of industrial
design products. His research interests include design methodologies and the
implementation of technology-based design tools.
Jean
Paul Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, School
of Art & Design
February
13 through March 13 2004
Images from the exhibition opening
Exhibition flyer in Adobe Acrobat
List of exhibited images and objects