luminous robotic blooms by DRIFT breathe above venice's waterways
suspended above the grand canal, the kinetic installation turns the city’s waterways into a choreography of silk, light, and movement.
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studio drift was established in 2007 by lonneke gordijn and ralph nauta, who both graduated from the design academy eindhoven in 2005. the design firm is based in amsterdam, the netherlands.
suspended above the grand canal, the kinetic installation turns the city’s waterways into a choreography of silk, light, and movement.

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