Skip to main content

Formafantasma: Cambio

Formafantasma is a studio created by two Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin who exhibition is presented in London’s Serpentine Gallery this year. Their work sheds light on the legality and environmental impact of the extraction, production and distribution of wood. Cambio besides of being a small layer of a tree that sits between the bark and the wood, is what helps plants to develop and to change in case of forests climate changes. As the creators say cambio in Italian means a change and so the title is a wish for a change of timber production. The whole exhibition is also designed in a special layout, much like the rings of a tree – the central spaces of the gallery present interviews and research, and two films created by Formafantasma in response to that research. The goal is to inform visitors that for a wooden product to be sustainable, its useful life should be at least as long as the time that it took for the tree to grow.






The exhibition







sources:
https://www.stirworld.com/see-features-formafantasmas-cambio-talks-about-wood-at-the-serpentine-galleries-in-london
https://www.wallpaper.com/design/formafantasma-cambio-serpentine-galleries

Comments

  1. englishdiary21 November 2020 at 12:12

    So we should use our oak furniture as long as an oak tree takes to grow - 100 years? This might be a challenge for some. Better go for pine or birch wood.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Brands on Social Media

It’s not hard to notice that with the progress of social media, we’ve started using them in completely different ways, in comparison to the early beginnings. I would say at first, all platforms were for regular people. But nowadays every brand has an YT channel, an account on every social media and I don’t know in my opinion it’s unnecessary. I had so many eye roll moments when I scroll through Twitter and a Polish Netflix account tries so hard to be relatable.  I guess brands started to act like people and people started acting like brands. Influencers with brand deals which come with money are sometimes losing the humane part of their content. So, in that way companies are basing their content on relatability- cause some people like that. I mean I don’t care about what Netflix thinks about Pikachu, I want to know what movies are added next month. Examples:
1 comment
Read more

Is fake news a serious problem in the contemporary world?

I think that fake news is a serious problem. We hear them every single day. They can spread all over the world in a couple of hours or even minutes. In that short amount of time fake news is becoming viral and hard to overcome. That’s way they are so dangerous. Many people can’t tell what is fake and what is real. We don’t realize how great influence fake news has on us. They change our perspectives or force us to believe in their idea of true. We should fight against fake news not treat them blankly. Maybe then they will become less harmful.
1 comment
Read more

What is sustainability?

In the 21 st century for many people it’s important to safe our planet from the dangerous consequences of global warming. One of the ways to ensure it is to change our way of living. That’s when it comes the idea of sustainability. 20 years ago, scientists from Sweden developed definition of sustainability with 4 basic principles: REDUCE -         “carbon footprint” -        dependance on heavy metals -        dependance on synthetic chemicals -        destruction of nature   By following these 4 rules you will make a major change. Moreover, sustainability most commonly means: maintaining the world we live in. By taking this lifestyle we are encourage to minimize use of Earth’s resources and reduce the damage of human and environmental interactions. Sustainable living aims to achieve an environmental balance. It expects us to return to the earth whatever we ...
1 comment
Read more