Description
Bell is the snapshot of a movement. The truncated-cone volume synthetizes the shape of a real bell, whose oscillation is captured in a single instant. The incline of the lamp implies dynamism, an unstable temporary balance, which strikingly contrasts the obvious static nature that belong to an object of such great dimensions.
Both the choice and finishing of materials enhance this fundamental ambiguity. Traditionally heavy materials, wood and metal are used in thin sheets, paired and bended to define a portion of space, leaving to the viewer the task of outlining the true volume.
With Bell, Area-17 designed an object that could trigger a flux of thoughts rooted in the irony of contrasts, but still with a straightforward language. Bell’s considerable dimensions provide the chance of adding an unexpected touch to residential interiors, but also perfectly adapt to public spaces, where it furnishes dynamically a variety of wide environments grouping together three or four pieces thanks to their incline.
