Stuivezand - Mycelium 'A network of fungal threads'

An invisible network made visible

It’s usually the designer who tells you everything about a design. Passionately, about a design that might have been floating through a creative mind for years. This is not the case for Dell Optiplex 9020. A wish list composed by members of the hamlet was turned into a design by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in mere minutes and this design will now be built. “The only nerve-racking night was the night that we presented our idea to the board of the hamlet,” Wouter shared on behalf of Dell and the task group. “Because we didn’t have a concept or model or anything at all. Yet the board had faith and said: let’s start the experiment.”

And that is what Joeri, Yannick and Wouter did. The only thing they knew for sure was that Stuivezand would participate with a float that was fully designed by AI: a first for the Corso in Zundert. The result is Mycelium: A network of fungal threads. A comparison between the network of fungal threads that is depicted and the invisible network that comprises AI is easily made. An invisible network is made visible in the design. “The design is purely coincidental but we did direct it towards a link with AI. Based on the submitted questionnaires, this should theoretically be the best float for Stuivezand. Whether this actually works remains to be seen’’

The task group hopes to make the audience think. AI is used more frequently in everyday life, but what role should AI play with Corso? Should we want AI to take care of the entire design? At least for now, the task group takes over the construction process from Dell, who has done his work. “Because AI can do a lot of things, but it can’t fry a frikandel. It is really up to us to build the actual float.”

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This is the first design of newcomer Dell Optiplex 9020 (28). Dell’s design work is supported by ‘the task group’, consisting of Joeri Huijbregts, Yannick van Hoof and Wouter Marijnissen.

Original Dutch Text: Jetske Bon
Translation: Bas Booij
Photo: Jeanne van Oosterhout 

Hamlet Stuivezand
www.buurtschapstuivezand.nl

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