Sputniko!
Nanohana Heels (Sculpture), 2022
Edition: 2/2
Materials: Leather, steel, aluminum
Size: 40 × 30 × 15 cm
(Price does not include shipping and VAT)
Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011: two cities and two dates, distant in time and space, that bear testament to the devastating, long-lasting consequences of nuclear power plant accidents. When British Japanese designer Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) learned that Belarusian scientists had discovered that rapeseed blossoms absorb radioactive substances from soil, she imagined flowers as an ideal partner to restore the lands torn by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. This idea developed into Nanohana Heels, in collaboration with shoe designer Masaya Kushino: leather shoes whose mechanical high heels plant rapeseeds (nanohana in Japanese) with each stepーthus turning a stroll into a light, dynamic, reparative act.
Nanohana Heels (Sculpture), 2022
Edition: 2/2
Materials: Leather, steel, aluminum
Size: 40 × 30 × 15 cm
(Price does not include shipping and VAT)
Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011: two cities and two dates, distant in time and space, that bear testament to the devastating, long-lasting consequences of nuclear power plant accidents. When British Japanese designer Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) learned that Belarusian scientists had discovered that rapeseed blossoms absorb radioactive substances from soil, she imagined flowers as an ideal partner to restore the lands torn by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. This idea developed into Nanohana Heels, in collaboration with shoe designer Masaya Kushino: leather shoes whose mechanical high heels plant rapeseeds (nanohana in Japanese) with each stepーthus turning a stroll into a light, dynamic, reparative act.
Nanohana Heels (Sculpture), 2022
Edition: 2/2
Materials: Leather, steel, aluminum
Size: 40 × 30 × 15 cm
(Price does not include shipping and VAT)
Chernobyl in 1986 and Fukushima in 2011: two cities and two dates, distant in time and space, that bear testament to the devastating, long-lasting consequences of nuclear power plant accidents. When British Japanese designer Sputniko! (Hiromi Ozaki) learned that Belarusian scientists had discovered that rapeseed blossoms absorb radioactive substances from soil, she imagined flowers as an ideal partner to restore the lands torn by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. This idea developed into Nanohana Heels, in collaboration with shoe designer Masaya Kushino: leather shoes whose mechanical high heels plant rapeseeds (nanohana in Japanese) with each stepーthus turning a stroll into a light, dynamic, reparative act.