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flexibility – design in a fast changing society

ex carceri ‘le nuove’, turin june 29 – october12 http://www.torinoworlddesigncapital.it

‘flexibility – design in a fast-changing society’ is one of the many events taking place in turin this year in conjunction with the city being named the ‘design world capital 2008’. the show consists of nine projects by international designers installed at a former prison, ex carceri ‘le nuove’.

mirror-blind by bertjan pot

a flexible space by means of a wall of venetian blinds made of mirrors that slowly turn and modify the perspective…

things don’t have to be made out of rubber to create the illusion of flexibility. the mirror-blind installation makes
a flexible space just by adding one wall of mirror blinds. while the mirrors are slowly revolving the space in front
mixes, twists and warps with the space behind the viewer.‘ BP

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot image © designboom

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flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot image © designboom

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot image © designboom

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot image © designboom

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot

bertjan pot

born in nieuwleusen, netherlands, in 1975. currently based at schiedam. his latest projects include work for moooi, pallucco, domestic, van vilt, silvera and goods bertjan pot explores the skin of products, – sometimes the skin is the whole product, sometimes it’s just something that covers up something else.

http://www.bertjanpot.nl

see the nine installations:

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
renewable clothing
by fernando brízio
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
instant rooms
by matali crasset
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
liquid memory
by ross lovegrove

 

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
chasen
by patricia urquiola
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
mirror-blind
by bertjan pot
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
flexible bench
by giulio iacchetti

 

flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
domestic sandbags
by antenna design
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
jailbreak (vendôme series)
by kram/weisshaar
flexibility   mirror blind by bertjan pot
my treasures trash
by emiliana design studio

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