Metal fabrication sexy? Yup!

I subscribe to a linkedin group about furniture. Someone asked about urban furniture designers. You may recall an earlier blog I posted about urban furniture - I really like it. I think its great when good design is just part of life. It's often those pieces that we don't particularly recognise, we just experience them.

Anyway someone responded to say look at 'Veyko' I was intrigued so I did too. This is what I found:

Isn't this beautiful? Five Hundred and Twenty Eight stainless steel blocks later, Veyko completed this sculpture which features in the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center, NYC. Designed by architecture firm LTL Architects. Close to two miles of weld bead was used to complete the Thirty One foot long wall. (excuse the imperial measurement if you are from my neck of the woods, although I'm sure you can appreciate that is heaps!)

Veyko’s proposal was for the 'art in transit' commission was selected as the winning entry. This bench design concept evokes the dynamic movement of the subway with its form transitioning between two body postures: leaning and sitting. As we all know, a seat in a subway station is normally nothing specific to look at or maybe its just that we are so used to it, it is no longer interesting - it's predictable. Throw something like Veyko's proposal into a subway station and everyone will notice and be intrigued to experience it.

This image shows their versatility. Very impressive.

I was keen to see the wall panels - they have a page on their website for this section. Unfortunately it's under construction at the moment. I will bookmark to remind myself to check this out in a month or so.

I love to see innovation like this, especially the sculpture - very cool.

Ciao
Lizzi