enrique muda bull: 'drinking straws lattice' at DMY berlin design festival 09

enrique muda bull standing behind his lattice of drinking straws image © designboom

from afar, spanish designer enrique muda bull‘s ‘drinking straws lattice’ looks like a normal room divider. but upon closer inspection, one sees that the panel is made up entirely of drinking straws. from the front, the appearance of the straws is totally flat, however the distance that observers stand from the screen, as well as the movements they produce will determine what is seen through. if there is eye contact between two people when they are facing each other and standing very close to the lattice, they will be able to see an area of the other person, completely isolated like a pupil of an eye. if one person stays close to the lattice and the other one goes further and further away, one will see more of the surface of the straws and what stands behind them.

when people stand closely, on opposite sides of the lattice they are able to see a small area of the person across from them image © designboom

when one stands far away from the lattice and the person opposite stands close, they are able to see more image © designboom

thousands of straws are stacked on top of one another image © designboom a closer look at the straws image © designboom

the straws when not all lined-up straight effect what observers see on the other side of the screen image © designboom

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designer enrique muda bull sporting his ‘basket-ball’ helmet design portrait © designboom