Sculpture Projects
Marco Miehling Selfridges Installation
Sculptures
2019




Design Studio
provided advice to the artist Marco Miehling for a commission at Selfridges. Marco
is a sculptor based in both London and Berlin and was introduced to Design
Studio as a Bursary Award winner from the Royal Society of Sculptors. His work
displays large visible forces and combines industrial and natural elements.
Many of his pieces balance a sense of contemplation with a feeling of
nervousness.
For the plinth at
Selfridges Duke Street entrance, Design Studio worked closely with Marco to
realise his work “A Tree Is A Big Plant With A Stick Up In The Middle”. The
sculpture suspends a large trunk, taken from a diseased tree in Hyde Park, on a
steel ramp. The idea behind the piece is to convert a tree trunk from an object
of nature to an object of contemplation. To maximise the drama and jeopardy of
the piece (whilst ensuring the safety of the public and integrity of the
plinth) we used iterative design processes to optimise the trunk weight, ramp
angle and rope tension. We helped develop numerous concepts and contributed at
every stage of the creative process.
In association with
Marco Miehling
Raynham Hall Pavilion
Structures, Sculptures
2019




