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PresenSe Wallet (prototype)


Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection; Gray's School of Art Design Collection
Object Type: Three Dimensional Design
Artist/Maker: Ledingham, Duncan
Date: 2008
Media/Materials: rubber and wood
Dimensions: overall: 5.8 cm x 9.7 cm x 2.8 cm
Classification: Three Dimensional Design

Description:

A texture experiment black rubber prototype. This surface featureds raised bicycle tyre tread geometric shapes and a symbol of a bomb with a lit fuse. The moulded black rubber is stapled to a block of wood.

Artist's statement:

I designed this product to help reassure people about the whereabouts of their wallet. The idea came about when I studied several people tapping their pockets to reassure themselves that their wallet was still present. I used texture on the wallet so that when taken unlawfully and when walking, the wallet could be felt by its owner. Full process available at project-theft.blogspot.com.


Object Number: ABDRG2008.30.10

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