London design duo Doshi Levien built a series of interconnected spaces resembling scaled-up versions of the models made in its studio for this year's Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair.
The practice, headed by Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien, designed the installation for the entrance hall at the Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, which is dedicated to a different designer or studio each year as the chosen "guest of honour".
Doshi and Levien were given free rein to create a space that highlights aspects of their work and creates an interesting diversion for the thousands of exhibitors and guests passing through the hall.

The inspiration for the exhibition's design came from a visit to Palermo in Sicily, where the couple particularly enjoyed the alignment of spaces in a church called Chiesa di San Cataldo. The church's vaulted ceilings informed a structure comprising multiple intersecting wooden arches of varying heights. The result is a labyrinthine sequence of interconnected spaces illuminated by light entering through various openings.
"As you move through the space you go from compressed, low ceilings to high, vaulted ceilings," Levien pointed out. "The spaces inside feel like a refuge, a place where people can come and experience a different world that is separate from the fair."

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