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AUDITORIUM DESIGN BY PAUL COCKSEDGE STUDIO
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
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AUDITORIUM DESIGN BY PAUL COCKSEDGE STUDIO
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2012
Moving away from conventional methods of creating a confined space,
british designer Paul Cocksedge developed
'auditorium' for 100% design presented during the London Design
Festival 2012. Instead of using blocks, solid planes or edges, he
utilized nylon wire, a transparent material which was then brought
on-site woven by hand to replicate the systems found within a spider web.
With light reflecting off the virtually invisible string, the
structural enclosure became open and closed – where its connections seemed
random nor regular. the confined space connected and disconnected the outside
world, defining how we interpret exterior and interior spaces; from where
they end and where they begin.
Cocksedge states: ' what’s always intrigued me
about spider webs isn’t just their beauty and symmetry, but the
process itself. The process of weaving, from virtually nothing, that
only stops at a moment of fullness, of completion… the ' Auditorium '
has given me a chance to work with things that on the surface seem mutually exclusive: open/shut, inside/outside, solid/ transparent… the partition marks the auditorium’s border, but what defines that border is that you can see and hear and even reach through it…'
has given me a chance to work with things that on the surface seem mutually exclusive: open/shut, inside/outside, solid/ transparent… the partition marks the auditorium’s border, but what defines that border is that you can see and hear and even reach through it…'
You may reach to see others news from Paul Cocksedge
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at Victoria & Albert Museum.
Photographs had taken by Mark Cocksedge
Copyrighting of Paul Cocksedge Studio 2012
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM' DIRECTOR MARTIN ROTH
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM' DIRECTOR MARTIN ROTH
VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM LONDON
PAUL COCKSEDGE STUDIO
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London-based Paul Cocksedge Studio™ is the internationally acclaimed
design practice of directors Paul Cocksedge and Joana Pinho.
With over 10 years experience and a strong team of collaborators, the
practice has developed a unique reputation for thoroughly original and
innovative design, underpinned by research into the limits of technology,
materials and manufacturing processes.
Our catalogue includes an imaginative range of design products,
architectural projects and sculptures, all infused with the sense of
simplicity, joy and wonder that has come to characterise Paul Cocksedge’s work.
We have recently expanded the practice and formed two distinctive teams.
One team is dedicated to our online Paul Cocksedge Shop which features
an ever-growing range of exclusive products, including lights (‘Styrene’, ‘Pole
light’), playful objects (‘Bookmark’, ‘Invisible bookend’) and innovative
solutions for amplifying sound, another of Paul’s abiding interests (‘Change
the Record’, ‘Volume’).
Our other team concentrates on spatial and architectural projects. The
Studio’s direction is moving towards the design of more permanent structures
which affect the way people interact with their surroundings on a longer term
basis, as well as creating the magical but fleeting installations for which we
are known.
Whilst working on projects that are very different in terms of scale,
there is without doubt creative cross pollination between the two teams.
At the heart of the practice is the symbiosis between Paul’s dynamic
creativity and Joana’s strategic leadership. Surrounded by a dedicated team of
specialists, they are capable of delivering highly innovative and varied design
across a wide range of business contexts, moving effortlessly between tightly
budgeted commercial projects and naturally evolving experimental work.
