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Prickly Pear for Nicola Formichetti
PRICKLY PEAR is an installation
proposal for the work of Nicola Formichetti that proposes an immersive sensory
environment with changing color tones that can correspond to changing music,
body movement, or merchandise within the space.
Our concept was to insert an enveloping volume of stretchy translucent
netting that would capture and reflect the shifting light spectrum emitted from
the system of custom LED fixtures. The
lighting could be programmed on a pre-set script or it could be set to respond
to environmental changes.
These fixtures are coupled to
steel tension rods that attach to grommets in the fabric and to surface-mounted
hooks fastened to the walls and ceiling of the existing space. More steel rods
would be breakformed into u-shaped forms that would connect to the grommets
inside the space to form hanging surfaces for merchandising. Changing rooms are formed of
smaller fabric pods that attach to the main volume through adjustable portals
made from fabric gaskets. These spaces
would have their lighting that can be programmed separately to indicate
vacancy.
The form is inspired by the
fruit of the prickly pear cactus, a plant that has its origins in the west but
that has grown to become a staple of Mediterranean regions as well. The prickly pear is a source of inspiration
and sustenance and celebrated in a wide range of cultures and in this way is a
symbol of the global cross-pollination which inspires Nicola Formichetti, whose
Italian-Japanese heritage has been a source of inspiration.
proposal for the work of Nicola Formichetti that proposes an immersive sensory
environment with changing color tones that can correspond to changing music,
body movement, or merchandise within the space.
Our concept was to insert an enveloping volume of stretchy translucent
netting that would capture and reflect the shifting light spectrum emitted from
the system of custom LED fixtures. The
lighting could be programmed on a pre-set script or it could be set to respond
to environmental changes.
These fixtures are coupled to
steel tension rods that attach to grommets in the fabric and to surface-mounted
hooks fastened to the walls and ceiling of the existing space. More steel rods
would be breakformed into u-shaped forms that would connect to the grommets
inside the space to form hanging surfaces for merchandising. Changing rooms are formed of
smaller fabric pods that attach to the main volume through adjustable portals
made from fabric gaskets. These spaces
would have their lighting that can be programmed separately to indicate
vacancy.
The form is inspired by the
fruit of the prickly pear cactus, a plant that has its origins in the west but
that has grown to become a staple of Mediterranean regions as well. The prickly pear is a source of inspiration
and sustenance and celebrated in a wide range of cultures and in this way is a
symbol of the global cross-pollination which inspires Nicola Formichetti, whose
Italian-Japanese heritage has been a source of inspiration.
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