FOIL

CLIENT:
LAYER X BRAUN ︎
PROJECT:
Istallation at the V&A 
CATEGORY:

Strategic research
Installation design
Design for manufacture
Engineering
Execution
YEAR:
2016

Layer, Benjamin Hubert´s design agency, in collaboration with iconic German brand Braun, created FOIL, an immersive installation located in the V&A’s Tapestries for the London Design Festival 2016.

The large-scale installation comprised of 50,000 mirror-finish

stainless steel panels on a 20-metre by 1.2-metre undulating ribbon that ran down the length of the gallery. The ribbon was driven by a high-power German motor in a constant sine-wave motion. Light from LEDs reflected off the panelled surface to create a slowly morphing and evocative pattern of scattered light, moving across the walls and ceiling of the gallery.

The installation was accompanied by an atmospheric soundscape

that emulated the fluid motion of the sculpture and the reflected light. The shape of the metallic elements was informed by the precision engineered shape of the Braun shaver foil and the movement was inspired by the 360-degree movement of the Braun shaver head.