view of spiro gira in piazza duomo image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira view of spiro gira along corso vittorio emanuele image © designboom

selected international designers and young students have been brought together to illuminate the city of milan, for the international festival of lights. they have transformed the city into an open air stage of lighting installations, screening, theatrical productions and contemporary art and design.

patricia urquiola: spiro gira view of spiro gira along corso vittorio emanuele image © designboom

one of the participating designers is patricia urquiola whose spiro gira lights are installed along corso vittorio emanuele near milan’s duomo. urquiola’s forms look like corseted frames influenced by twists and twirls, like those that children draw, turned into three-dimensional illuminated objects.

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira view towards the duomo image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom

patricia urquiola: spiro gira image © designboom