Artistic design features climate stripes
An imposing art installation has been created in the office-atrium at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, in the Netherlands, which graphically shows the increase in temperatures in the Netherlands from the start of the 20th century to the present day in silent yet forceful form – a fabric installation which creates colour, softness and atmosphere into the otherwise rather minimalist space. The basis for the colour design was the climate stripes of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI), which visualise the average annual temperature in the Netherlands. The data from 124 years has been translated into an installation made up of 124 individual strips of fabric. The rise in temperature totalling four degrees Celsius is represented by 14 different colour shades and specific lengths of fabric. The cooler years are shown in shorter, blue fabric strips while the warmer years take the form of longer, increasingly red strips.
Each individual strip of fabric is supported by an 8 mm stainless steel baton, which is being used in this installation as a hanging solution, a purpose for which it was not designed. The 124 batons are inserted into pleating clips on both sides, which in turn are supported in two round 25 mm traversing rods and held in position at uniform intervals by stop clamps. - Definitely not an everyday solution with interstil products, but one which is nevertheless creative and smart.
