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For a Fleeting Moment Shelves Reveal Color Gradients When Brought Together

01.04.22 | By
For a Fleeting Moment Shelves Reveal Color Gradients When Brought Together

Creative student work is always exciting to share, like Tokyo-based product and furniture designer Bijin Davis’ for a fleeting moment mobile shelves that illuminate one another with pale gradients of color. Designed for her Masters Graduate project in 2021, the furniture was inspired by the idea of having a new appearance when your surroundings shift. On their own the shelves are a standard white, but when brought together it looks as though they’re illuminating each other with washes of gradient color. Never a constant, we only have a few moments to enjoy the reflections that resemble lighting.

“I was initially sparked by this idea when I saw my red computer mouse against my white wall, and I could see a faint tint of red. With COVID, spending a lot of time at home has made me observe relationships between objects, not only people,” said Davis.

white shelves on a concrete floor and in front of a white wall with a blurred person walking behind them

Each shelf is attached between pipes with a simple turning action, seamless ball casters are attached to the bottom, and everything can be disassembled. Aluminum pipes, aluminum composite boards, and fluorescent color work together to make this imaginative project a reality. Davis used waterjet cutting to shape the aluminum composite at Waterjet Yoneyama and metal welding was completed at Okawa-Bankin. The hand done gradient paintwork by Toko-toso may have been the most challenging piece of the puzzle, taking multiple rounds of trial and error. We love the result and look forward to seeing what Davis goes on to create in her career.

white shelves on a concrete floor and in front of a white wall with a blurred person walking behind them

white shelves on a concrete floor and in front of a white wall

close up of white shelves with a light pink gradient

close up of white shelves with a light pink and yellow gradient

white shelves on a concrete floor and in front of a white wall

white shelves on a concrete floor and in front of a white wall

close up of shelves with pink, orange, and yellow gradients

human hands mixing red pigment in a plastic container

process photo of white shelf being painted with pink and red gradients

To learn more about for a fleeting moment, visit bijindavis.com.

Photos by Kantaro Itoi.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content at Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a deep love of art and design for as long as she can remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and far beyond. When not searching out the visual arts, she's likely sharing her favorite finds with others. Kelly can also be found tracking down new music, teaching herself to play the ukulele, or on the couch with her three pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush on social.