Sou Fujimoto designs a light forest for COS at Salone del Mobile

Swedish fast fashion firm COS has commissioned to Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto to design ist installation at Salone del Mobile from April 12 to 17 in Milan. The event will be the brand's fifth year participating.

Rendering for COS and Sou Fujimoto's Forest of Light. Image courtesy of the architect

"In this installation for COS, I envisage to make a forest of light," said Fujimoto. “[The forest will consist] of countless light cones made from spotlights above. These lights pulsate and constantly undergo transience of state and flow. People meander through this forest, as if lured by the charm of the light. Light and people interact with one another, its existence defining the transition of the other,” explained Fujimoto in a statement, and he added.- "Adopting the use of spotlight is an idea of homage [to the theater that this space once was]. The spotlight becomes an interface that connects fashion, space and forest as a form of architecture."

This is the fifth year the popular clothing brand is collaborating with Salone del Mobile, having worked with others including Nendo and Snarkitecture in previous years.

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Sou Fujimoto

Sou Fujimoto was born in Hokkaido, Japan, on August 4, 1971. He graduated in architecture from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Engineering in 1994. He established his own architectural practice, Sou Fujimoto Architects, in Tokyo in 2000, and has been a professor at Kyoto University since 2007.

He came to international attention in 2005 when he won the renowned AR – International Architectural Review Awards in the Young Architect category, an award he received three consecutive years, the first in 2006.

In 2008, he won the JIA (Japan Institute of Architects) Award and the World Architecture Festival Award in the Private Houses section. In 2009, Wallpaper magazine awarded him its design award. Sou Fujimoto published "The Primitive Future" in 2008, one of the best-selling architectural books of that year. His architectural projects always seek new forms and spaces between nature and artifice.

Published on: February 23, 2016

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