Everyday, in cities around the world “freepapers” are handed out to commuters on trains and subways. The lifespan of these papers is extremely short — the duration of a commute in fact. London-based design collection The Functionality, decided to rethink the lifespan of freepapers. For this year’s Secret Garden Party, they recycled, reused and re-interpreted the freepapers into a visually arresting and useful PaperVillain exhibit.
“PaperVillain is a response to the temporary life of this daily read,” explain the artists. “Over 3 weeks, 17 pairs of hands individually folded 2542 traditional paper hats from an equal mix of London Lite and London Papers…together these paper hats formed an articulated tensile canopy from the leftovers of our morning read….”
The global shape of the PaperVillain was derived from a series of physical prototypes in which gravity was allowed to naturally distort each hat into a unique form.
“Working with an everyday “throw-away” newsprint forced us to unify these individual fragile hats,” explain the artists. “Moving from the handmade to the digitally fabricated we designed specific strengthened nodes to spread the load of the papers across a network of cables…to form large tabloid quilts”
The PaperVillain exhibit was recycled after the festival finished.
Visit: http://www.thefunctionality.com/
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