In Unbalance, designed by Alessandro Zambelli for Secondome Design Gallery, a set of three bare lines combine in alchemy to form a perfect mechanism, a minimal but surprising object.
Unbalance
Alessandro Zambelli partecipates at London Design Festival with a project that draws inspiration from Calder’s kinetic sculptures to creates a candleholder with a perfect mechanism.
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- 25 September 2015
- London
Unbalance is more than a candlestick. It is a game in which the parts swap roles, and nothing is as it seems. The lighted candle, as it burns, causes a loss of specific weight which throws the structure off balance, leaving the flame at a fixed point on the horizon. Unbalance epitomizes probing thought and experimentation. The stark minimalism of its structure seems to melt away, overcome by this alchemy in which all the expressive force comes from the dynamic progression of the movement.
A composition of burnished iron and coloured and borosilicate glass, Unbalance is one of a limited edition of objects devised by members of PadiglioneItalia (a designers’ collective formed in 2012 to map out the specific features of Italian design).
Unbalace
Design: Alessandro Zambelli
Producer: Secondome Gallery
until September 27, 2015
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