Equilibrio Instabile by Jean-François D’Or.
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Comme lors des éditions précédentes, l’une des sections les plus intéressantes est certainement la sélection de design contemporain, organisée par Giovanna Massoni.
Avec Equilibrio Instabile, le designer belge Jean-François D’Or réinvente littéralement l’œuf de Colomb. Inspiré par une conversation avec un neuroscientifique, il s’est donné pour objectif de créer un objet capable de représenter le concept d’audace. Le résultat : 100 cubes en bois surmontés d’un œuf en bois qui peut tenir immobile grâce à un support magnétique. Question de millimètres, il est plus facile de le faire rouler que de le maintenir en équilibre.
By Paulo Ferrarini.
Ten Forms of Lightness at Lake Como Design Festival - COOL HUNTING ®.
CONTEMPORARY DESIGN SELECTION / Lake Como Design Festival.
In collaboration with Villa del Grumello Association and Antonio Ratti Foundation, the edition opens Chilometro della Conoscenza as part of the new exhibition route. Through 15 hectares of centuries-old parks, much like a dispersed kunsthalle, the projects selected by Giovanna Massoni will find space. This creates a new, widespread exhibition path, immersed in greenery and overlooking the shores of Lake Como.
LIGHTNESS / Exhibition curated by Giovanna Massoni.
We were on an incursion into the empire of the mad. It's a world I've always felt dizzy in.
I have often stood in unstable balance on the edge of abysses.
Paul Eluard.
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In reference to the Christopher Columbus anecdote expressed below, an unusual egg can only remain upright when perched on one of the edges of its base, where a magnet is subtly concealed. Precarious stability, an ode to daring. In the face of this affront of imbalance and uncertainty, the object provokes interaction and dialogue.
Through its form, symbolism, essence and finish, the object suggests a sensitive tactile approach.
EQUILIBRO INSTABILE /
Installation at the Lake Como Design Festival / Curated by Giovanna Massoni.
OBJECT /
MATERIAL /
Solid wenge egg / Solid padouk base / Inserted magnets.
DIMENSION /
Installation : 140 x 240 x H 18 cm / Object : 60 x 60 x H 180 mm.
EDITION /
Fonds Erasme / Limited edition / 200 exemplary.
DESIGN /
Jean-François D'Or.
PRICE /
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Pictures © Evariste Bellow © Julien Renault © Lake Como Design Festival © Loudordesign studio.