Lake of Shimmer
June 24th, 2009“Lake of Shimmer” is the title of this installation at the Swarovski stand at Baselworld 2009, the largest watch fair in the world. Tokujin Yoshioka designed a wall, measuring 9 by 8 meters, with 16000 octagon shaped mirrors. A computer can control the angle of each of those mirrors, so it was possible to display simple animations resembling the reflections on a lake.
If you like this one, you might want to have a look at Daniel Rozin’s Mirrors Mirror.
Update 24/06/2009 16:30:
The Tokujin Yoshioka office and I had some different opinions before, but that’s all settled now.
Enjoy watching this video.
“Lake of Shimmer” – Swarovski stand at Basel World 2009
Concept Design: Tokujin Yoshioka
Construction: Expomobilia
June 24th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Still, I consider Daniel Rozin’s Wooden Mirror the best of it’s kind.
June 24th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Remind’s me of Troika’s Cloud as well: http://troika.uk.com/cloud
June 24th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
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