James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau have been collaborating on projects since the concept of the Audio Tooth Implant was first conceived in October 2000.
[Industrial] Design is mostly concerned with the process of bringing products to market – making them desirable and therefore saleable. By removing the commercial aspect from the development of the [designed] object, it can be given a different agenda, investigating the process that gives birth to it rather than being defined by it. In this way design can comment on consumer culture; the role of products in shaping human behaviour and experience and the role of technology. It becomes a tool for questioning rather than problem solving. Through the development and dissemination of speculative and critical artefacts Auger-Loizeau aim to instigate a broader analysis of what it means to exist in a technology rich environment both today and in the near future.
Our intention is for this analysis to take place over a broad a spectrum as possible.
Auger-Loizeau projects have been published and exhibited internationally, including MoMA, New York, 21_21, Tokyo, The Science Museum, London, The National Museum of China, Beijing, and the Ars Electronica festival, Linz and are part of the permanent collection at MoMA.
Many of our projects are self-generated and self-funded but we are also available for industry funded research projects, commissions and workshops.
Work
Tutor
BA Design
Goldsmiths College, UK
2004 – present
Visiting professor
HEAD,
Geneva, Switzerland.
2010 – 2013
Design Consultant
Freelance, UK
2004 – Present
Research Associate
Media Lab Europe, Ireland
2002 – 2004
Education
MA(RCA) Design Products
Royal College of Art, UK
2001
MA Fine Art
Birmingham College of Art, UK
1991
BA(Hons) Fine Art
Maidstone College of Art, UK
1989
JAMES AUGER
JIMMY LOIZEAU