Designer Nina Tolstrup has positioned three immersive pavilions informed by Barbie Dreamhouses and Palm Springs' mid-century modern architecture on the Strand as part of London Design Festival.
Tolstrup, co-founder of London-based design studio Studiomama, worked in collaboration with Barbie creators Mattel and tourism agency Visit Greater Palm Springs to create the installation, titled Pavilions of Wonder.
Studiomama's Nina Tolstrup has designed three pavilions for this year's London Design Festival. Photo by Ed Reeve
"The theme for London Design Festival (LDF) this year is play, we originally were thinking of a fairground", Tolstrup told Dezeen of the installation, which is currently on display as part of LDF. "Eventually we went to Palm Springs and studied the amazing houses there." Pavilions of Wonder celebrates the playful design of Barbie Dreamhouses, while also referring to the desert modernism of Palm Springs' mid-century modern architecture in California. This year marks the 65th anniversary of Barbie.
The installation was informed by the architecture of Barbie Dreamhouses and Palm Springs. Photo by Ed Reeve
"The pavilions sit together in harmony on the Strand," the designer said. "We early on went in with our small traffic cones and marked it all out to know exactly how the pavilions would look, where they're sitting in the space and how this works to scale."
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