The HOT & COLD exhibition took place at the Garage Milano show during the city's design week, presented at Salone del Mobile 2014, which concluded last week. Thirty-six exhibits were installed within a laboratory-like setting entitled HOT & COLD; among the works exhibited, a kinetic installation in which moving feathers in a range of shapes, colours, and graphic patterns evoke the seasonal migration of exotic birds; meanwhile, tropical plants take shape in a series of ice compositions creating a path throughout the space. Venus and Neptune, respectively the hottest and coldest planets in the Solar System, become the inspiration for an acoustic experience, built from sampling the climatic sounds of these contrasting planets.
The project's creative director Sam Baron, at Fabrica, said, “In this project we conceived design as a practice that must communicate through form and function. An exchange between opposites that represents the distinctive approach taken by Fabrica, a place where young talents from across the globe can constantly engage with each other, in projects with universal appeal. A design that sets out from an object, and reaches towards sound, graphics and interactivity.”
Marco Dall’Ombra, marketing manager for Daikin Italy added, “HOT&COLD is a highly striking and appealing project, perhaps the most exciting highlight among the various initiatives organized to celebrate the launch of Daikin Emura, a stylish icon and authentic example of cutting-edge industrial design.”
A gallery of multicultural creative visions conceived by the international team of young researchers, at Fabrica for Daikin.
(Daikin is a firm that has always led the way in improving the environmental quality of the home, with products that blend design, efficient energy use and respect for nature and the environment. Fabrica is a research centre. It pursues research through making, producing groundbreaking projects in collaboration with the world’s best creative talents.
The HOT & COLD experience continues on the web featuring the point of view of the designers involved, the creative process and a comments section engaging the public to participate in the project.
