Tobias Wong | Core77 Offsite Series: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act

Originally from Canada, Tobias Wong studied art at Cooper Union in New York City, where he graduated in sculpture. Veering across disciplines and materials, Wong has created an oeuvre that is immediately accessible, yet contentious. He pursues his own brand of conceptualism, the self-coined “Paraconceptual,” and “Post-interesting,” and uses design as a medium, as he says, to expose the similarities between art and design, rather than to blur their boundaries. Producing work more often for high design showrooms than art galleries, Wong has received a glut of editorial praise in glossy design magazines that highlight the beauty of his objects, the cleverness of his actions, and ironically, Wong as an enfant terrible. Wong is the first to note that his work “continually questions the notion of authorship, the role of the artist and the value of art. [I am] uncomfortable with uniqueness and preciousness as well as ownership.”

Wong’s work is available and exhibited on an international level, from Colette in Paris to Comme des Garcons in Tokyo, Paul Smith in London to MoMA in Berlin and New York City, Art Basel and at Cappellini, Cooper Hewitt and the like

Core77 Off-Site: Offsite Series: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act

Ze Frank: Digital Age Satirist (and moderator)

Kelly Dobson: Technologist

Tobias Wong: Artist

Paul Budnitz: Founder, Kidrobot

Steven Heller: Writer/Editor

Q&A: Design, Wit, and the Creative Act

We Did It: Core77's Offsite Series - Design, Wit, and the Creative Act

BCP Location: Art Directors Club

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Clients for "Design, Wit, and the Creative Act"

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Art Directors Club, New York City