SEATTLE, Wash. – August 20, 2021 – CRTKL collaborated with Bayley Construction for the debut of Kaleidospace, an art installation, at the Seattle Design Festival (SDF) August 21st – 22nd. In celebration of this year’s festival theme, EMERGE, Kaleidospace mimics the personal and wondrous safe spaces created during the pandemic from which we have all emerged transformed.
Kaleidospace is an experience of contemplation, reflection, and adaptation. Throughout the pandemic, many embarked on a journey defined by change and uncertainty. The installation is a physical metaphor of that very same journey—transporting guests through the safe spaces created for solace, as well as the path of transformation they embarked on as things began to reopen. Kaleidospace represents a passage of admiration and hope that allows guests to emerge in the face of adversity, creating better versions of themselves and their surroundings.
SDF is the largest design-related event in the Pacific Northwest: garnering participation from over 120 partners and drawing over 30,000 attendees to over 80 citywide events over the past decade. The theme of EMERGE seeks to inspire action, addressing the consequences of the pandemic to nurture new possibilities.
“CRTKL and Bayley Construction are a team comprising two different sides of the design community,” said Rodrigo Tarriba, Senior Designer at CRTKL. “Kaleidospace is a reminder that it is through this kind of collaborative relationship that we are better able to emerge from adversity.”