Dry garden
by Objects of Common Interest
- Designer: Eleni Petaloti, Leonidas Trampoukis
- Website: objectsofcommoninterest.com
- IG: @objects_of_common_interest
The installation creates an environment that blends the aesthetics of Miami's urban landscape and architecture with its vibrant moments and contrasts.
Set in a predominantly blue-purple environment, which represents the twilight hours when the city comes alive, the installation deconstructs the unique urban aesthetics through color and light.
Rock-like seatings, produced in different colors are placed around freestanding light panels that bright up the space and give a glowing effect to the objects around, an immersion into the city’s color palette celebrating the sun's role in shaping the city's character.
The creation of Lithos pieces was a chapter in OoCI’s exploration of craftsmanship and handcrafted techniques, that took place over the last few months in their resin workshop in Athens. Blending their own design language with innovative yet traditional artistry they have been focusing on the ethereal properties of resin to achieve distinct forms of their language and a spectrum of unlimited color possibilities.
Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis are a duo operating the studio Objects of Common Interest, working within the realm of art and design and architecture, blending projects in scale from objects and installations to interactive immersive environments and interior spaces. Objects of common interest were formed with the focus on creating still-life installations and experiential environments and objects, demonstrating a fixation with materiality, concept, and tangible spatial experiences. The work roots in an amalgamation of thinking and making between two diverse poles, Greece, and New York.