Above The Sagrada Familia- ‘a sculptural rhapsody’
Left Lykouria considers
Le Corbusier’s chaise as an
on object of radical design
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that we can fly is a wonder. From there
anything is possible. Falling asleep while
flying is a waste of precious time.The thought that keeps me up at night is...
What will I do when I grow up?
I wonder about something beautiful we can
do to mark our moment in time on this planet.
What will we leave behind that will mark our
time as human progress. It’s not about
technology. We can have the most advanced
technology and still behave barbarically.
(Sound familiar?) It’s about our humanity.The thought that gets me out of bed each
day is...
See above...Could you recommend a book/article/blog
that inspired your thinking?
The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard. It is
a book I will always return to and still find
more. I consider it my job to create poetic
experiences. What does that mean? I believe
humans are wired to sense beauty and to sense
something that connects us to the wider world,
or the wider universe. It is in the way J.S. Bach
seems to connect us to the mathematics of
nature. We are more than carbon atoms.
Could you name two buildings/pieces of
furniture that you consider radical designs of
their time, or perhaps still to this day?
Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia. It is a sculptural
rhapsody in harmony with the forces of gravity.
It is a play of making the invisible visible.
Le Corbusier’s chaise is a pure unity of
mechanical principles applied to the function
of repose. Again, making the forces of gravity
visible and suspending us in the air.
I think best with... (my hands/a pencil/
a computer)
Headphones. Music jump-starts access to
my intuition.
I think best... (first thing in the morning/
last thing at night)
First thing in the morning before anyone is
awake, and late at night when everyone is
asleep. There is a feeling of timelessness
and communication.
I think best when... (e.g. in a gallery/at home/
outside/over drinks/with friends/on the bus)
I think best when I’m on an airplane. The fact
Do you like to think with, or think against?
Think through, think beyond. Zoom out and
back again.If you weren’t a designer/architect where
do you think your way of thinking would
have led you?
Writing and film direction.Could you describe radical thinking in
three words?
What about now?What’s the most radical thing you’ve come
across recently?
Other than my daughter’s art project it would
be Iris van Herpen’s 2019 collection!