Posted by Nargess on October 14, 2010 · 5 Comments
The former BMW design director Chris Bangle once told me he believes at times form needs to follow fantasy. ‘For the future of car design, function is the last refuge of the unimaginative,’ he concluded. The Japanese are masters of fantasy – reflected through their imaginative, virtual worlds of animation and comics, anime and manga. Bangle may have said this to ruffle the stiff collars of the automotive world, but can car design learn... Read More
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The images are captivating. They show smiling children playing on pink seesaws across the crude brown wall at the US/Mexican border.
The interactive installation went up on 28 July 2019 and lasted just 40 minutes before border guards ordered its removal. Then the pictures went viral.
Now the ‘Teeter-Totter Wall’ by Californian architects Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello has won the prestigious Beazley Designs of the Year 2020 in London Design Museum’s annual competition.
Take a closer look at this brilliant act of political art here
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