Case study · 2024
Crimson Constellation
A four-metre living-room wall in a converted Amsterdam-West loft. The client wanted presence without weight — something that filled the wall but stayed quiet against a heavy concrete ceiling.
- Place
- Amsterdam, NL
- Scale
- 84 discs
- Lead
- 3–5 business days
Client
Private residence · Amsterdam-West loft
- Discs
- 84
- Wall
- 4.0 × 2.8 m
- Tonal steps
- 8
- Install
- 1 afternoon
The work
The challenge
A dense mosaic would have competed with the architecture; a single small piece would have vanished. The wall needed something that read at scale from the sofa but dissolved into the ceiling line when you stood close.
Our approach
Eighty-four discs printed in eight tonal steps of crimson, then scatter-arranged with each disc on an individual mount so the spacing could be tuned on-site. The densest cluster sits at eye-line from the sofa; the constellation thins as it climbs toward the ceiling, where the brightest discs read almost like sparks against the concrete.
The outcome
Installed across one long afternoon, with the client re-spacing the upper third twice before settling. The wall reads as a single scattered field from the sofa and as 84 individual moments at arm's length.
In their words
It's the only piece in the loft that changes when the light moves. Worth every disc.
Materials & build
What's in the piece.
Dimensions
4.0 × 2.8 m wall field · individual mounts
- 0184 salvaged discs in 8 graduated crimson tones
- 02Individual aluminium standoff per disc
- 03On-site scatter layout, client-approved
- 04Concrete-rated wall anchors
In situ
The piece, from a few angles.
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