Mis-design, ‘Flatland OK: Thinking Pavilion’
by DOUG WALLEN AND KATE MOSH
  • WHAT

    Mis-design, 'Flatland OK: Thinking Pavilion'

    TUMBLR
  • WHERE

    Melbourne Central, 300 La Trobe St, Melbourne (meet at Thinking Pavilion A, Lvl 1 opposite Glue Store, just near the food court entrance)

  • WHEN

    Opening Fri Oct 7, 6-7pm. Exhibition runs until Oct 14.

  • HOW MUCH

    Free! Look for lucky tickets at the launch, at Vodaphone Melbourne Central and at Jungle Juice.

published on 6th October, 2011

“It is hoped the Pavilions will lodge in your mind and become a thinking memory like a first kiss or a giant worm.” – The Founder

To cap off the Grace McQuilten-curated shake-up that has been Mis-Design, Tim Fleming of Flatland OK has planned something special. He’s worked with RMIT interior design students to construct a pair of immersive ‘Thinking Pavilions’ inside Melbourne Central. Exact details have been kept appropriately vague, but one (opposite Glue Store on level 2) has been compared to a “life-sized Rubik’s Snake or a tangled bunch of triangles breaking through the floor and rearranging themselves on another plane” and the other (opposite Lacoste on level 1) to a “threshold into another dimension of thought”.

But that is not all. Fleming (aka The Founder) is also launching a Flatland OK booklet titled Everything You Need. In line with the Flatland philosophy “Everything is going to be OK”, it’s a mock hybrid design / self-help book (“for designers and other humans”), guaranteed to sit in your pocket quietly mocking the world about it.

The book contains propositions and inventions such as the 100 Km/h hand car wash (pictured), and the Average Mind paperweight – but it’s only available from the Ian Potter Museum until October 14. And only if you have a lucky ticket. Lucky tickets are available in the other dimension of thought. JK, they’re available at the opening, at Jungle Juice and at Vodaphone Melbourne Central.

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