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An installation for the 2006 Milan Salone.

Bloomroom was a display space for our hanabi lamps, whose shape memory alloy shades "bloom" in response to the temperature of the lightbulb, and our polar table, whose polarizing film makes a floral pattern appear on the surface. We made the floor out of textured artificial turf arranged in a gentle wave so that visitors would have the feeling of experiencing nature underfoot. The illumination in the space changed over time as hanabi lamps arranged at various heights opened and closed randomly. This created an exhibition space with irregularity, one that gently broke down the "regularity" all too common to exhibition spaces.