Modern gadgets in the style of Gaud in pictures | Art and design

February 2024 · 2 minute read

Modern gadgets in the style of Gaudí – in pictures

“We live in an age of Apple and Tesla,” says Marcus Byrne of creative agency Thinkerbell in Australia. “Minimal design has taken charge and logos are stripped back to live on mobile devices.” He’s challenged that ideal by asking: “What would Gaudí do?” – using the Midjourney AI software and Photoshop to create a set of modern gadgets in the Spanish architect’s colourful, curvilinear style. “It turns minimal appliances into art-nouveau styled sculptures,” he says. Byrne is uncomfortable calling the Gaudí gadgets his work, though. “They’re abstract ideas and I used AI to bring them to life. It’s a huge, disruptive force. I don’t believe that machines make art. They are fed billions of art images without credit or compensation. The moral and ethical debates around the technology are concerning. Has the horse already bolted?”

Main image: Marcus Byrne uses AI software and Photoshop to create household gadgets in the style of Gaudí. All images © Marcus Byrne

Sat 14 Jan 2023 12.00 EST

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