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MORPH CHANDELIER | Alicja Wasielewska
Wasielewska on her project:
Morph`s funcion is to create specyfic and unique atmosphere of intiminity. As a tool of visualisation generate emotion and stimulate imagination. My work concerns the transformation from the natural form to inspirational structures which, from a mathematical perspective, retain the essence of the original, but are represented in terms of the 3 dimensional crochet pattern used as the main structure for the chandelier. The chandelier demonstrates the inspirational transformational elements, and reinterprets the traditional method of making chandeliers in an unconventional and unusual way. The innovation of using the traditional element of crochet in the design is combined with the use of the new fibre optic technology to form structure and provide the light source.
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urban curiosity
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Now that location-based metadata waft through the space, thereby redefining contexts and places, a new field opens up to designers: How will information be usefully integrated into the physical space? Inspired by the fictional illustrations by Ingeborg Marie Dehs Thomas, who interprets the spatial expansion of radio waves, we attempted to lend metadata a form. Using the light painting technique, we placed our idea of these data in a room, making it haptic. The resulting forms depict possible data sets and examine the design possibilities between technoid holograms and personal notes.
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Interview with Kengo Kuma:
Kengo Kuma has won a multitude of competitions and received many awards, including the prestigious Architecture Institute of Japan Award (1997) and most recently the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (2002) and the AIA Honorary Fellowship (2011). Major works include the Kirosan Observatory, Water / Glass, Toyoma Center for Performing Arts, Stone Museum and Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum. Recent works include the Mesh / Earth terrace house, the Yusuhara Wooden Bridge Museum and the Suntory Museum of Art.
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