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
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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.
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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 | 'Order' at night, illuminated in St John's Gate](/uploads/images/order-by-ajb-single03-1416x907.jpg)