Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrored Room 1998

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art or Design

Temporary or Permanent

Large Scale or Small Scale

Transforming and/or Defining and/or Forming

Immersive and/or Distant

Pattern and or/Colour/and or Repetition/and or Shape

I found some further examples of her work, which also feature repeated shapes, forms, colour, across a variety of surfaces on the Patternity site. 

She works across multiple surfaces, applying her dots in various scales and colours, to plastic forms such as Pumpkins, onto fabrics in collaboration with designers (namely Louis Vuitton) and using mirrors to create an illusion of infinite repetition of these forms.

 

Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Clouds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art or Design

I wasn’t sure at first how to characterise the ‘clouds’, on the one hand they were produced from a designers perspective, looking for a solution to our increasingly cold, white environments. But on the other hand the end result is akin to art work and has an individualistic or unique element; the client can make any form or shape they want out of 11 different coloured fabric tiles. It feels to me like design for a creative or artistic end result.

 

Temporary or Permanent

Again this is a tricky choice – the fact that the tiles can be disconnected and reconnected any number of times gives the forms a temporary feel. But these clouds could remain in one household or office for the long-term, even permanently.

Large Scale or Small Scale

I’ve selected both scales, because the forms are able to be made to whatever size is desired.

Transforming and/or Defining and/or Forming

 

On their website the designers describe the clouds as having ‘significant impact on our rooms’. They also say it’s the culmination of research about ‘reintroducing the textile element into our environment to make it warm and calm’. To me, those statements sound like the aim of the textiles is to transform or enhance whatever environment they’re put into.

The ‘clouds’ themselves have an organic nature, in that they can be ‘transformed’ by adding or removing more tiles.

 

 

 

Immersive and/or Distant

Absolutely Immersive – these are tactile soft to the touch, meant for adding colour, warmth, life to an area.

Pattern and or/Colour/and or Repetition/and or Shape

I guess I could’ve highlighted all of the categories above (pattern could be created using the tile shapes and colour variations).

Here’s a link to a video in which Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec talk about use of the cloud tiles to divide or adapt spaces:

 

 

Marianne Straub: Moquette textile 1970

Art or Design

Temporary or Permanent

Large Scale or Small Scale

Transforming and/or Defining and/or Forming

Immersive and/or Distant

Pattern and or/Colour/and or Repetition/and or Shape