Species at Cartier
Fredrikson Stallard’s Species 5 at Cartier 180 The Strand London.
Species 5 stars in an exhibition space at the 180 The Strand building in central London, Cartier unveiled Magnitude, its latest high jewelry collection. Rich in color and contrasts, the collection centered around unique pairings of precious and semi-precious gemstones that together assert the force of the storied jeweler’s inventive design and creativity, and the “disruptive” presentation style that Cartier’s audience knows well.
“Species” is a study in evolution by Fredrikson Stallard through the media of furniture design, created with a brute force that is at odds with ideas of comfort or human contact, yet so inviting by the nature of its materials. The pieces are amorphous structures, elements of sculpted mass, chaotic energy, finished in shades of red, as for Fredrikson Stallard these are the colours of life and death. Something along the lines of – “It couldn’t happen here, but then it did”. This is very much furniture, but not as we know it.
Date
2015
Material
Polyurethane, Rubber, Glass Fibre, Steel, Polyester
Dimensions
Species 5 – L240 x W150 x H90cm (L94 x W59 x H35in)