Jacques Boris' corrugated aluminum screen set off a firestorm in my head. If I had the means to cut through thick wavy metal and finish its edges and hinge it together, I'd monkey around with the gorgeously geometric material that is corrugated metal...
Dept of Ordinary Materials: Jacques Boris’ Corrugated Room Screen
The corrugated aluminum screen designer Jacques Boris made in the 1990s set off a firestorm in my head. Its elegant, visionary use of an ordinary material reminded me of Lino Schenal and Max Lamb’s transformations of styrofoam. If I had the means to cut through thick wavy metal and finish its edges and hinge it together, I’d monkey around with the gorgeously geometric material that is corrugated metal…
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