Pushing the boundaries of digital fabrication for our headline installation at Clerkenwell Design Week.

Order by Aldworth James & Bond 

Clerkenwell Design Week 2017 

Processes 

  • Design 
  • Digital Fabrication 
  • Installation 

What we did

Aldworth James & Bond was invited by Clerkenwell Design Week to create and build our own headline installation as part of ‘CDW Presents’ a series of specially commissioned design projects and street spectacles. We worked with sponsor Corian® to create ‘Order’, an installation at St John’s Gate. Using the octagonal form inspired by the Cross of St John, the structure celebrated the arch as a gateway to the design festival. 

The Making Of Order by Aldworth James & Bond — Video

Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | Visitors at St John's Gate

Order’ was digitally fabricated from 35 Corian® sheets, divided by five colours: Aqua, Burled Beach, Clamshell, Juniper and Silver Birch. Each sheet was routed by Aldworth James & Bond’s CNC machinery into 700mm wide octagonal forms, these connected together in nine sections and formed a unique multidimensional structure. It measured three metres in height, and over five metres in length. 

  • Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | Detail of 'Order' construction Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week
  • Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | Order within the Arch at St John's Gate
Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | A headline installation for 'CDW Presents'

The material’s strength was integral to ‘Order’, and truly showcased the versatility and benefits of using Corian® as a structural element in manufacture. To provide emphasis to the geometry of the installation, Applelec Lighting kindly supplied the plinth’s LED modules, which created a stunning pattern of light and shadow in the arch. 

Follow the journey — #OrderbyAJB 

Photography by Tom Donald and Simon Wye for Aldworth James & Bond, 2017

  • Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | Top layer of the structure
  • Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | Finding out more about 'Order'
Order by Aldworth James & Bond | Clerkenwell Design Week | 'Order' at night, illuminated in St John's Gate