we+’s sizeable vortex installation boasts dynamic, iridescent colors

We+ and toyo aluminum collaborate for milan design week 2022

On the occasion of Milan Design Week 2022, contemporary design studio we+ unveiled their aluminum installation ‘Resonance: Vortex to Diversity’ – a sizeable vortex-shaped volume coated in a single metallic pigment revealing several colors at once. In collaboration with Toyo Aluminum, the large-scale artwork’s surface becomes accentuated in dynamic, unpredictable displays. Distinct and diverse nuances and iridescent color hues ooze from the installation when observed from certainangles and under different lighting conditions, embodying vibrant multiplicity and nurturing new values.

dynamic displays of color and light embody diversity 

‘Resonance: Vortex to Diversity’ is coated purely in CHROMASHINE, an interference aluminum pigment developed by Japanese manufacturer Toyo Aluminum. Reveals countless vibrant colors in a single pigment, CHROMASHINE has been created from aluminum flakes and colored by ‘light interference’ such as soap bubbles, peacock feathers, and butterfly wings. As the vortex installation’s surface generates shifting color and light depending on the angle of view, rich nuances and distinct stirring experiences are unfolded for observers. ‘It presents itself as a colorful embodiment of a world full of diversity, where new values are nurtured as a result of different aspects meeting and resonating,’ comments the team at we+.

multiplying iridescence with chromashine

By combining the vortex form with the CHROMASHINE coated surface, the dynamic iridescent color effects are multiplied and enhanced, and a multi-layered nuance emerges. From we+’s installation, a representation of the world where new values are created out of diversity appears in a poignant, vibrant display. The design team explains: ‘In nature, a vortex is formed when two qualitatively different states come into contact: liquid and gas, fast and slow, warm and cold, thick and thin, heavy and light. In other words, a vortex can be described as a shape that represents the process where different entities meet and fuse together to create something completely different.’

we+ and Toyo Aluminum collaborated to create ‘Resonance: Vortex to Diversity’ for the world’s largest design fair — Milan Design Week – from 6-12 June 2022. The aluminum art piece was exhibited at Superstudio Più in the heart of Milan’s Tortona district and was awarded the Special mention Fuorisalone Award 2022.

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project info:

name: Resonance: Vortex to Diversity

location: Superstudio Più, Milan, Italy
installation design: we+
in collaboration with: Toyo Aluminium

program: Milan Design Week 2022

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