Lotus Building, architecture between innovation and tradition
30 January 2015
12 November 2014
In the greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, designer Alexis Tricoire has created dreamlike installations: 40 scenes, inspired by Land Art, made by assembling materials recovered from French industrial and artisanal made brushes. He wrapped the trunks of trees with garlands of bristles; planted in the pond lilies with long blue hair; he placed on stones improbable flowers with radiating petals; with sorghum grain brooms he invented a new kind of palm tree; transformed rounded brushes (generally used to wash dishes) into buds, scattering them among the green foliage; invented a new kind of daisy with pointed petals… imagination has no limits and using the vast repertoire of the brush industry’s models, he has created an unprecedented perennial flora, colourful, imaginative. The similarities with the natural world and the clever location within the lush greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes, makes it absolutely plausible.
In the greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, designer Alexis Tricoire has created dreamlike installations: 40 scenes, inspired by Land Art, made by assembling materials recovered from French industrial and artisanal made brushes. He wrapped the trunks of trees with garlands of bristles; planted in the pond lilies with long blue hair; he placed on stones improbable flowers with radiating petals; with sorghum grain brooms he invented a new kind of palm tree; transformed rounded brushes (generally used to wash dishes) into buds, scattering them among the green foliage; invented a new kind of daisy with pointed petals… imagination has no limits and using the vast repertoire of the brush industry’s models, he has created an unprecedented perennial flora, colourful, imaginative. The similarities with the natural world and the clever location within the lush greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes, makes it absolutely plausible.
The Moodboarders is a glance into the design world, which, in all of its facets, captures the extraordinary even within the routine. It is a measure of the times. It is an antenna sensitive enough to pick-up on budding trends, emerging talents and neglected aesthetics. Instead of essays, we use brief tales to tune into the rhythm of our world. We travelled for a year without stopping, and seeing as the memory of this journey has not faded, we have chosen to edit a printed copy. We eliminated anything episodic, ephemeral or fading, maintaining a variety of articles that flow, without losing the element of surprise, the events caught taking place, and the creations having just bloomed.