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  • Us-Mexico border seesaws by Rael San Fratello is Design of the Year 2020

    Pink seesaws that straddled US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020

    An installation by architecture studio Rael San Fratello, which connected children in the US and Mexico via a trio of seesaws slotted into the countries' border wall, has been crowned the Design of the Year. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 19 January 2021 | Leave a comment
  • "Play can be an act of resistance" says US border seesaw architect

    "Play can be an act of resistance" says US border seesaw architect Virginia San Fratello

    The pink seesaws installed across the US-Mexico border last summer by architect Rael San Fratello were smuggled into place, partner Virginia San Fratello has revealed. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 29 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • US-Mexico border wall seesaws, USA, Mexico, Rael San Fratello

    Six seesaws designed outside of the playground

    Architects and designers have been using seesaws, usually found in children's playgrounds, to create installations and make political statements. Here are six of the most engaging. More

    Kristine Klein | 11 May 2020 | Leave a comment
  • BCXSY's Reciprocal Syntax installation explores the nature of collaboration

    BCXSY's Reciprocal Syntax installation explores the nature of collaboration via a seesaw

    Design studio BCXSY used a seesaw as a metaphor for the creative process in their installation Reciprocal Syntax, which allows two riders to together build an audiovisual landscape through play. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 21 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Impulse by Lateral Office

    Lateral Office lights up New York City Garment District with "immersive urban instrument"

    Canadian studio Lateral Office has installed 12 oversized seesaws that light up and make sounds on the streets of New York City's Garment District. More

    Kristine Klein | 17 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Teeter Totter wall by Rael San Fratello at US-Mexico border

    Rael San Fratello slots pink seesaws into US-Mexico border wall

    Architectural studio Rael San Fratello has installed three pink seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall so that children on either side can play together. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 30 July 2019 | Leave a comment
  • SeaSaw viewing platform by MVRDV

    MVRDV reveals plans for rocking viewing platform on Dutch coast

    Dutch firm MVRDV has won a contest to create a wave-like viewpoint on the coast of Holland, which is designed to rock like a seesaw with the changing of the tides.  More

    Natasha Levy | 12 April 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Equilumen by Mischer'Traxler Studio

    Mischer'traxler designs seesawing Equilumen lamp that brightens as it dips

    The Equilumen lamp by Viennese design duo Mischer'Traxler features two oversized globes seesawing on either side of a horizontal rod (+ slideshow). More

    Emma Tucker | 1 July 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Impulse installation in Montreal

    Designers create winter installation for Montreal featuring 30 glowing seesaws

    A team of Canadian designers and artists has created an installation in Montreal consisting of 30 illuminated seesaws. More

    Jenna McKnight | 17 December 2015 | 6 comments
  • Zimoun installation at Klangraum Krems church in Austria

    Zimoun installs motorised wooden seesaws inside Austrian church

    The sounds of 150 mechanical seesaws striking the floor of a former church in Austria reverberate around its nave in this installation by Swiss artist Zimoun (+ movie). More

    Dan Howarth | 27 May 2015 | 5 comments

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