American design studio Sized has arranged black cars around furniture for an exhibition in Los Angeles that aims to embody the city's "intrinsic" relationship with automobiles.
Part of a series of mobile exhibitions by Sized called Sized Selects, the show featured a series of cars displayed as "sculptures" in a Hollywood building that was once used as the headquarters of American business magnate Howard Hughes.
It is based around a collaboration between Sized founder Alexander May and American furniture company USM. May told Dezeen that the chrome used in USM's industrial-style modular furniture was the main material prompt for the greater exhibition.
Sized has created an exhibition that places all-black cars alongside furniture design. Photo by Damon Jones "We wanted to bring the chrome of USM to life through the curation cars," he said.
"We selected black cars so you could just focus on the shape, as well as the chrome components of the car, connecting them with this classic USM element."
USM created a series of chrome-and-glass shelving units displayed in the entryway and collaborated with Canadian designer Willo Perron on a long table in the same style with small, wheeled chairs.
The show is meant to showcase LA's relationship with cars. Photo by Elizabeth Carababas
The long table was flanked on either side by more cars, arranged along the walls of a long passageway inside the building, which has been stripped down to its concre...