The design theme and name of the ASH NYC 2016 VIP Lounge was Office Space, which merged office culture with the exuberance of the art fair experience, by reinterpreting cubicles, dropped-ceiling panels, and ready made office furnishings. The lounge occupied a 1250 square foot space located at the heart of the Collective Design fair and featured a 60 foot long modular table, called Office Table, that was made from the same reclaimed heart pinewood used for the new floors at the Whitney Museum.
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The piece connected the lounge to the public café program and served as a café, cubicle, bar, lounge, and stage for the event. A series of informal seating cubes, Office Chairs, ran along the edges of the space as a whimsical ensemble of functional sculptures where visitors could gather. In addition to the above, ASH also produced a limited-edition WC4 chair, that was available for purchase on-site.
A flexible system of horizontal blinds enclosed Office Space on all four sides, while clusters of the limited-edition WC4 chair were scattered among office plants to form intimate gathering spaces. Ceiling panels were wrapped in reflective mylar to compose a mirrored drop ceiling.
As floor becomes table, blinds become walls, and ceiling panels become mirrors, a bricolage of standard office elements take on a second life to reveal a space that is at once familiar and unknown.
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On one of my previous trips back to South Africa, I was fortunate enough to swing by the Blyde River Canyon — one of the great natural wonders of the African continent. I have always been blown away by images of this place. It’s is one of the largest canyons on Earth, and it’s probably the largest green canyon because of its lush subtropical plant life, especially during the rainy summer months.
Blyde means “happy” in Dutch. When the voortrekkers (Early Dutch pioneers, and also my ancestors) explored this area, they named it “happy river” in 1844 on one of their expeditions.
When I arrived at the canyon, the conditions were not too good — it was raining and there was no light whatsoever. However, I stuck around and observed that the system was moving west and that the sun would break through soon. When it finally did I could not believe my eyes. Not only did I get the light I was waiting for, but a mind-blowingly beautiful rainbow as well. The Blyde “happy” canyon really lived up to its name, and the adrenaline and dopamine were rushing through my veins. I used an ultra-wide focal length (16mm) in portrait format and stitched nine images to include the entire rainbow.
This is a re-upload of an earlier image that I posted here on much lower resolution and I worked on a couple of distortion issues.