-Didier Faustino
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Double Happiness
Here's
a little something to brighten up your Tuesday! Have you ever gazed up at a
towering billboard sign and thought to yourself, "Gee, I sure do wish I
could turn that billboard into a swing set." Of course you have. Well, maybe not, but French/Portugese architect Didier Faustino
did- and he turned that fantasy into reality soon afterwards. The billboard-turned-swing set
hybrid, cleverly named Double Happiness, is definitely a real thing and fully
functional!
"Double Happiness responds to
the society of materialism where individual desires seem to be prevailing over
all. This nomad piece of urban furniture allows the reactivation of different
public spaces and enables inhabitants to reappropriate fragments of their city.
They will both escape and dominate public space through a game of equilibrium
and desequilibrium. By playing this “risky” game, and testing their own limits, two
persons can experience together a new perception of space and recover an
awareness of the physical world."
In other words, the billboard swing
set isn't your average piece of kiddie park equipment. It's a flawlessly designed, lean, mean
swinging' machine. It looks a little scary, but what a fantastic idea! I wish they had 'em in Long Beach. Who would have thought?
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Sounds fun! :D
ReplyDeleteToo bad there's only one & it's in New York! x
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