Bruce Munro: starturn at the holburne museum

'bruce munro - starturn' by designworxs 

On the longest night of the year, british designer bruce munro and a group of supporters rode his latest piece 'starturn' to raise money for help the heroes. 

The structure was comprised of interconnected mechanical components which were all pedal-powered. when a participant would ride the bike, armatures containing tealight candles would spin, creating light rays. covering the instrument was a geodesic dome, defining the space while keeping the riders warm. The event took place on the front yard of the holburne museum and lasted from the night fall until 4:30 am at which point £5, 500 pounds had been raised for wounded soldiers. 

'starturn' by bruce munro at the holburne museum
all images by mark pickthall

tealights move through mechanical armature  

lights reflected in the dome

visitors rode the installation until 4:30 am

bruce munro riding the bike inside the dome

building process

Starry Night - Vincent van Dominogh

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Domino artist flippycat recreates van gogh's famous painting with over 7000 dominoes, which are then set off into a falling chain reaction cascade.

Tom Sachs' "Mars Space Program"

This is just one of the amazing pieces of work from Tom Sachs' "Mars Space Program" exhibition; his 'Lunar Excursion Module', made entirely of plywood, foam core, and steel.

Though Tom Sachs' studio is largely an art studio, they often stray into built pieces for installations, as they are heavily centred on the crafting process, though they prefer the freedom of an installation environment.

Details of the construction above, including one of the skateboards the members of the studio used to get around the exhibition whilst making it.

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Unit 7 Week 2 Studio

Unit 7 Please check your emails for the first studio session details.

Fray Foam Home | Andres Jaque Arquitectos |  ' fragmented spaces in which a specific home with its  comforts, supplies and fictions is constructed'

First U7 Meeting

Welcome to new members of Unit 7 hope it's going to be a productive and fun year.

Our first informal meeting will be on Wednesday 03 October at 5:30pm at The Huntley

we should then all head to the 'Design through Production' lecture by Prof. Bob Sheil at 6:30.

a great way to see how your making practices might evlove this year...

The first studio meeting is Thursday 04 Oct 10:00am room G03.

Look forward to seeing you then.

Ming and Nick

Valchromat features Unit 7 Summer Show 2012

Unit 7 Summer Show featured by material sponsors Valchromat in Project feature.

U7 Summer Show 2012