A Chandelier that Projects Tree Shadows

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This remarkable chandelier from Hilden & Diaz projects a 360° shadow of trees and roots onto the walls surrounding it. Titled Forms in Nature the light was partly inspired by the drawings of Ernst Haeckel, the German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher (among other things) who is perhaps most famous for discovering thousands of new animal species and mapping them to a genealogical “tree of life”. Hilden & Diaz describe via their website that the shadows in their light are actually upside down:

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Urban Bikes (Clio 2013)

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“Look out the window. What do you see? Wait, there’s no window. Only a wall. And fake plastic flowers. And a fake parquet floor. A plastic coffee cup on a formica table. Artificial lighting, on all day. Get out. Get a life. Get a cycle.”

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“Intrepid explorer journeying to the Elevator, bravely navigating past Office Politics, catching your breath at Cape Watercooler before you venture to the unknown land they call the Pantry. Step out. Get a life. Get a cycle.”

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“You live in a little box. You get into a little that drive to anothe little box. And spend your day thinking little boxed throughts in your little box. Till it’s time to leave to the other little box. Unbox yourself. Get a life. Get a cycle.”

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