VARIANTS are uniquely designed reading cocoons which create an intimate enclosure allowing readers to remain tucked away in their own private little universe.
Intimate cocoons as a reading space.
VARIANTS are uniquely designed reading cocoons which create an intimate enclosure allowing readers to remain tucked away in their own private little universe.
Made from honeycomb cardboard all VARIANTS are computer generated and slightly unique.
As a teenager, Roosegaarde worked and slept in a used bookstore. In a sense, the VARIANTS are his way of recreating the experience of finding intimate security through books.
2004, Various libraries, NL. Honeycomb cardboard, coating, variable sizes; 120x120x200 cm (lxwxh). Computer simulations made in collaboration with Jeroen Coenders.
Various libraries in the Netherlands.