In4nite II: Graphic Interplay
Concept
Colback is a non-woven textile and one of Low & Bonar’s products. The material has many different uses, including rugs, car upholstery and more. It is never directly visible, but is placed as a layer underneath something else. For the In4nite project, the company approached ten designers to develop new products using colback as a key visual element. 2018 is the second year in a row that In4nite has been presented in a distinctly designed exhibition during Dutch Design Week. For the second year in a row, in addition to the graphic design we developed an autonomous project: Graphic Interplay.
What did we create?
The autonomous work Graphic Interplay consists of a series of hanging panels. These can be used as a series or separately as a room divider, curtain panel or art object. The panels each tell their own story when it comes to technique, material and production. Four panels are graphically formatted and stem from form study and experiment. The ‘Dot Dot Dot Dot’ panel consists of two layers with black and white dots, with the second layer (black) constantly moving slowly – but visibly – back and forth behind the first layer (white). This creates a beautiful visual effect.
The fifth panel has a special story. The panel “Drifting Little Creatures” was completely embroidered at the TextielLab (TextielMuseum, Tilburg). The panel consists of a world of plankton and is embroidered with nine colors in different stitch types. Plankton is a collective term for small organisms in the ocean that drift with the currents and collectively provide 50% of all oxygen on earth. The nonwoven textile colback is a material that is widely used in our contemporary environment and thus also plays an important role. Despite their role, both plankton and colback are almost always invisible. This comparison forms a beautiful metaphor. In addition, the organic and transparent nature of the material fits visually very nicely with the plankton figures and graphic designs of the other panels. Because the figures are embroidered, a nice three-dimensional effect is created on the panel. In addition to this autonomous work, I also provided the graphic design, campaign video and signing for the exhibition.
Sparkles
Each panel has its own story. This story is reflected in the production, technical ánd design choices. One of the panels is embroidered at the TextielLab (Textielmuseum in Tilburg) with 9 colors and lots of different plankton creatures.
