Icon Experiment: Studio Glithero
11 May 2008
Studio Glithero, co-founded by Sarah Van Gameren and Tim Simpson, exhibited an installation at icon experiment derived from their Big Dipper project; a ceiling-mounted machine rotated and repeatedly dipped wicks into pools of wax, gradually forming 20 wax candles. Watch a video of the installation and listen to Simpson talking about their project.
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Icon Experiment: Ted Noten
09 May 2008
Ted Noten has created a mini funfair with his Mr Claw machine at icon experiment. Mr Claw has a 1kg silver bar that you can try and grab, but if you don’t manage there are consolation prizes designed by Noten. Listen to the audio of Noten explaining the concept behind Mr Claw and his other work at icon experiment.
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Icon Experiment: Martino Gamper
08 May 2008
Martino Gamper came to the icon experiment and worked all day re-appropriating a classic design piece of furniture. Listen to the audio of Gamper talking about his performance piece and his process of working on this project.
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Icon Experiment: Stuart Haygarth
07 May 2008
Yesterday at the icon experiment Stuart Haygarth installed a chandelier made out of 1024 pairs of spectacles. This film clip shows the way the spectacles refract the light, creating a stunning dappled effect, whilst Haygarth explains the concept behind the piece.
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Icon Experiment: Julia Lohmann
03 May 2008
Hot glue is dripping from the ceiling, curled kelp is suspended to form lighting objects and motion sensor plants projected onto a wall sway as people walk past them; icon experiment at Grand Designs Live London has begun! Listen to a clip of Julia Lohmann and Gero Grundmann talking about their kelp project.
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Review: The Craftsman
01 May 2008
We’ve had “slow food”, here’s the case for “slow stuff”. Justin McGuirk deploys 500 hand-picked words.
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Milan: Chairs 2
01 May 2008
More chairs from the big manufacturers – the Bouroullec Brothers try out a
previous design in plastic, and Ineke Hans looks to insects for inspiration.
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Christiaan Postma’s Clock
01 May 2008
Christiaan Postma’s Clock uses more than 150 moving hands to spell out the hours of the day. It was launched in at Spazio Rosana Orlandi in Milan, and was one of the most memorable objects of the fair. Still photos don’t do it justice – you have to watch the animation to see the numbers emerge from chaos, and then dissolve again as the hour passes.
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