From the archive
In Rome's Palazzo Spada, Borromini built a colonnaded gallery that looks over 35 meters deep but measures only about nine; the floor rises, the columns shrink, and the "life-size" warrior statue at the end stands roughly two feet tall.
Source: L'Italo-Americano, The Mathematical Illusion of Borromini's Gallery
Today’s design
Parentesi Lamp
A rubber-gripped rod slides freely on a floor-to-ceiling cable — sparked by a sketch of a shower fitting.
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