ESQ&A: Snarkitecture's Alex Mustonen Speaks On Their Third Installation For COS

ESQ&A: @snarkitecture Alex Mustonen speaks on their third installation for @cosstores.

Esquire: What elements of the COS collection inspired the Loop installation? Alex Mustonen: There are two things that we wanted to explore with this project. The first is the idea of technical precision, where we used this marble with the sphere as an architectural material, and multiplied it to fill up space. There’s something interesting about the contrast at play between the spheres — it’s almost liquid-like when set against this technically precise structure that then becomes the track. Even more directly connected to the COS collection is the second aspect, which is the colour choice. The shade of blue is actually drawn from the Fall/Winter ’17 collection. We were most attracted to it because it feels very ethereal as a kind of sky-like presence, but at the same time, it’s very cold and technical. Esquire: Does the concept of time play a huge part in your work? Alex M...

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