In her artistic research project Human Object – Where do I end, and you begin? Siv Lier explores the close and entangled relationships between humans and designed objects. The project is grounded in the premise of the enormous importance and impact design has on human life, and that not only do we design our surroundings; design is also designing us, turning us into human objects.

The project is a celebration of diversity and imperfection through the unfolding of complex, ambiguous, uncomfortable, friction filled and non-standardizable aspects of human life that are typically left out from and by design.

Norwegian designer and researcher Siv Lier (b. 1978) holds a MA in Furniture design from Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Her practice and research have gradually changed from product centered towards process centered: From solving problems with finished design products towards a more inquisitive and imaginative process, which asks new questions through open-ended processes. Through questioning the ways we interact with our surroundings, Siv uses design as a tool to trigger imagination and provoke new ways of thinking.