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Swarm by Mike and Maaike
San Francisco designers Mike and Maaike have created a space divider comprising overlapping grids of batons.
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Called Swarm, the product has been designed for American brand Council and will be presented at the ICFF in New York this month.
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The dividers come in a variety of colours and their density can be changed by putting the units together in different arrangements.
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Here's a bit of text from the designers:
SWARM for Council
Swarm is a space divider that offers great flexibility in density and scale, enabling the creation of light-filled, intimate spaces within open environments. The term Swarm describes an aggregation of animals (insects, fish, birds and microorganisms) of similar size and body orientation, generally cruising in the same direction.
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The Swarm space divider displays a similar behavior, softening spaces, fading in and out, creating texture and motion. The self-standing units blend together when arranged in groups.
Manufactured and sold by Council Inc. ICFF Booth 1708. Also featured in a large installation surrounding the ICFF theater.
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