Dandelions
Installation
Design Brief:
To design an installation using mild metal sheets and flexiply as primary materials, with a focus on revealing and celebrating their inherent material qualities within 2 weeks.
The installation explores properties such as strength, flexibility, texture, and structural behavior, allowing the materials to inform form, construction, and spatial experience. By emphasizing material-driven design, the project seeks to create an installation that communicates the expressive and functional potential of metal and flexiply through its structure, surface, and interaction with space.
Drawing inspiration from the dandelion flower and its physical and spiritual significance, the project was guided by the keywords play, curiosity, and happiness. The design aimed to evoke a sense of softness and warmth an intentional contrast to the inherently rigid and opposing nature of the materials used.
To enhance the play-based and interactive nature of the project, participants were invited to write their wishes on dandelion seeds, drawing from the familiar cultural act of making a wish while blowing on a dandelion. These seeds were then integrated into the installation: some were dispersed across the site, while others were attached directly to the dandelion forms, reinforcing themes of participation, movement, and shared meaning.
Credits-
Insallation Team
Amen Shan, Aniket Biju, Sanjivini Bhat, Savli Divekar, Vedang Supatkar and Vibhuti Jain
Photography by
Riz Rishi Sahu
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