In-Formation

In-Formation….

(DE..english below)… war eine 18x4x4m grosse Installation um die Marke Alcantara auf der IMM Cologne 2017 zu präsentieren. Die Installtion wurde von Ross Lovegrove entworfen und von der Schreinerei Bächer-Bergmann produziert.

Craftwise entwickelte den Grossteil der Konstruktionsdetails und erstellte Fertigungsdaten sowie die Logistik von über 1500 Bauteilen für das Laserschneiden und Cnc-Fräsen.

(EN)…was a 18x4x4m wide Installation to represent the Brand Alcantara. It was designed by Ross Lovegrove and produced by Bächer-Bergmann.

Craftwise developed most of the construction details and delivered the production-data and the logistics for more then 1500 parts that got laser cut and cnc-milled.

The Alcantara-fabric is spanned over a laser-cut sub-construction, glued to cnc-milled foam blocks or to laser-cut flexible boards. The construction details were develop in a great teamwork together with Bächer-Bergmann GmbH, who build the sculpture in there workshop in cologne / germany. See their webpage for a very impressive Making-Off-Video

pictures © Ross Lovegrove

For this project, Ross Lovegrove chose the rock strata in Jordan as Inspiration.

lasercut panels / cnc-milled foam

the slideshow shows more insights to the construction.