This design is too ambitious. Five giant lanterns commemorate the history of urban innovation.
Acrylicize, a London - based studio, introduced household items to public places, creating 5 huge, interesting desk lamps that could be used as street lamps or as street chairs.
The name of the work is called the "the Manchester lamps" (the Manchester lamps), which expresses the commemoration of the long and innovative history of Manchester, each of which reflects a unique historical period in Manchester, including the art deco style, Art Nouveau (new art theme), Victorian (Vitoria period). A period of medieval style and contemporary style.
This group of public art devices provides a unique gathering point for Manchester citizens and an interesting way of understanding the history of the city. Many stories are "interwoven" in the 5 lamps.
Earnest Rutherford, a physicist, first split the atom at University of Manchester in 1932, which was reflected on the art deco style lamp, and Alan Turing put forward the famous Enigma code, which was engraved on the green lamp. A series of patterns and marks depicts an abstract city map that attracts the people to the square, where they will also encounter a huge universal lamp.
The red bedside lamp lampshade in the 50s of last century adopted honeycomb design, referring to the famous song worker bee of Manchester.
The universal lamp greets the pedestrians entering the square
The lampshade upwards, casting the pattern to the surrounding wall.
The green desk lamp expresses the memory of world-famous mathematician Alan Turing and his contribution to mathematics and computer technology.
The Enigma code of Alan Turing was engraved on the green lampshade.
The art nouveau style lamp is commemorating the oldest library in the United Kingdom, now located at University of Manchester.
The lampshade adopts the design of the page and pen tip
A desk lamp is both a street lamp and a seat
A charming night view