WEEK IN REVIEW ALEX CHINNECK ON THE LOOPING BOAT, HIS MOST COMPLEX WORK TO DATE designboom speaks to alex chinneck ahead of the unveiling of 'the looping boat' at the sheffield & tinsley canal in the UK. marking his most complex installation to date, the sculptural artwork takes the form of a boat whose body, made of rolled steel, performs a six-meter-high and thirteen-meter-long, gravity-defying, aerial loop-de-loop. 'the site’s history of steel and fabrication of factories pushed us to create something out of metal; something that was very complicated to build,' the british artist and sculptor tells us. read our conversation in full here, and discover more recent interviews here. YAMAHA REINVENTS CAT TOOLS WITH MUSICAL QUALITIES yamaha design laboratory and yamaha motor reinvent pet accessories with musical qualities in the conceptual 'cat tool' series. with a focus on creating playthings that cater to cats’ natural instincts and curiosity, the series includes a cat wheel that doubles as a music box; a scratching post that mimics the wear and tear of beloved musical instruments with time; and a transparent platform with holes, tunnels, dents, and bulges, that encourages cats to explore and test their limits. see more submissions by our readers here, and find out how to upload your own project here. the weekly is an inside review curated by sofia lekka angelopoulou. |
