BOCCI has announced a very exciting upcoming installation at The Victoria & Albert Museum as part of the London Design Festival. The Canadian design label will be presenting a massive, custom 28.280 chandelier in the main atrium of the museum. BOCCI is a Canadian contemporary design and manufacturing house based in Vancouver, , with a satellite company based in Berlin. Their installation features the celebrated model '28'. It will descend through the large existing void cutting through the entire length of the V&A building, with an astonishing height of more than 30 meters. The intent of the installation is twofold; On the one hand, it is a pure celebration of the monumental open height of the building, which uses light to crystallize a powerful phenomenological experience for the viewer. On the other hand it is the most ambitious exploration to date of a novel glass blowing technique. 280 of the '28' pendants will be hung within a 30 meter vertical drop, suspended by a novel, perhaps awkward and heavy copper suspension system, that promises to have as much presence of more than the glass it supports. The installation will be revealed at the V&A main hall on september 14th and can be viewed as part of the public museum visits during the duration of the London Design Festival. It will remain on display until the end of the year.
