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Doric Columns, Kinetic Object

Objects of Common Interest

Doric Columns, Kinetic Object

Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis are Objects of Common Interest, a studio that is interested in the intersection of art, design and architecture. The practice’s overarching work in installations and interactive immersive environments is distilled in its contribution to Knit! – Doric Columns, Kinetic Object.

Upon beginning the project, Petaloti and Trampoukis became interested in harnessing the capacity of knitted textiles to express three-dimensional shapes. Properly manipulated, the Kvadrat Febrik textiles’ form, weight, thickness and rigidity could be utilised to create physical objects.

Doric Columns, Kinetic Object is a pair of fabric-clad fluted columns that draw visual cues from industrial circular knitting machines. While initially static, the columns come to life when approached: each broken into a series of vertically stacked textile sections, which spin independently at varying speeds and in different directions. Every time the viewer draws near, a new randomly generated visual effect is created as the textiles whirl and reshape through the air.

The columns are comprised of Kvadrat Febrik’s Plecto, Gentle 2 and Drop textiles, assembled in a variety of colours. Petaloti and Trampoukis chose each colour to appear only once and in complementing shades, celebrating the range and plurality of the Kvadrat Febrik collection.

Fabric was the starting point of this project.

- Objects of Common Interest

Objects of Common Interest

Objects of Common Interest is a New York- and Athens-based studio that explores materiality and spatial experiences. Founded by Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis – who are also behind Lot Office for Architecture – the practice’s work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Greek Architecture Biennale and Salone del Mobile in Milan. In 2019, the studio featured on the American Design Hotlist and won the Wallpaper* Best Stealth Health award.