The self standing flower

WEEK14- DAY3

1.Soundtrack of the day

2. Places to go

Hong Kong

3. People to meet

Bruce Lee
Enter the dragon - video

4. Question of the day

5.Inspiration

“I like perfume and flowers.” - Donatella VersaceEdgar Degas’ Woman seated beside a vase of flowers.


Mies -  “God is in the details.”

Goethe would add nuance by saying, “God is in the details, devil is in the extremities.”
Mies Van Der Rohe’s and Lilly Reich’s Café Samt and Seide. At this exhibition for the German silk industry, Mies and Reich used the product, silk and velvet curtains of variable heights, to define the space. In this way, the materials and the display became the content of the show (or vice versa).

Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture.

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey

Steven Lisberger’s Tron.


6. Homework
Today, you will organize yesterday’s references and ideas to fabricate your first blue flower. Your flower should be self-standing. 

Both proposals are made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that is the common plastic used for beverage containers. I am the happy owner of a new lamp and a pet! I enjoyed creating these. When I started I did not plan to make a lamp. But then the shape suggested it and I went for it. For creating these I used scissors, xacto knife and a hot glue pistol. Both flowers are selfstanding.I can remove the pebbles and the carnivorous flower still stands. But I like the multi-color pebble effect. 

I want to say that I do not wish to participate in the Berlin exhibition. So, please don't vote for these projects when needed. I did this week's task in the same spirit I did previous tasks - for the challenge, for the exploration of the materials, for learning, for the fun. I do not wish to compete with anyone.