The ‘Cardboard Cloud‘, is an exhibit designed by Fantastic Norway for the Center for Design and Architecture (DogA), and will display the works of Norwegian design students (it opened in Oslo last weekend to the public).
‘Being that the exhibition is set to present brand new design objects, we decided to base the architectural concept on the thrill of unpacking,’ explained the architects. Working off that idea, more than 3000 cardboard boxes were arranged as ‘a large pixilated cloud’ that hovered over the exhibited material inside a 350m2 exhibition hall.
The students’ works are integrated into the architectural framework of the exhibit by being displayed in, around and outside the cardboard boxes. The arrangement of boxes create spatial conditions that contain smaller areas and frame larger areas. In addition, the exhibition display focuses on the importance of reusing materials as all boxes will be recycled when the exhibit ends.
Note to self; something to do with all the cardboard boxes we have lying around after we finish processing Cassius Eyewear stock!
