Dutch design office Studio Drift and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto have designed an installation where flower-like lamps rise and fall within a "forest" of wooden beams.
Occupying the entrance to this year's edition of Design Miami/Basel, the installation combined two works: Shy Synchrony, by Studio Drift, and Forest of Space, by Fujimoto.
Studio Drift's Shylights rise and fall overhead. Photo is by Ossip van Duivenbode
Shy Synchrony showcased Shylight, a suspended textile lamp that is programmed to continuously rise and fall, creating an opening and closing motion that is reminiscent of flowers blossoming.
Here, dozens of these lights were grouped together and choreographed so that they moved in synchronisation.
These textile lamps open and close like flowers as they move Studio Drift's aim was to encourage people to be more aligned with the rhythms of the natural world. It is a theme that often features in the studio's work, with past examples including Franchise Freedom, which featured a swarm of drones.
"Natural movements remind the body of how to adapt and align with our environment," said Lonneke Gordijn, who leads Studio Drift with partner Ralph Nauta.
"In this time of disconnect and climate crisis, we are in desperate need of aligning with each other to create a vision that will secure the future of our planet," she stated.
Sou Fujimoto's Forest of Space frames the installation
Forest of Space was designed specifically to frame this ...