We had the huge honour of being asked to create the medals for the London Design Biennale. Each one was handmade from start to finish in our studio using traditional metalworking techniques. It was a lovely challenge to upscale our design and making to produce these awards for such a special exhibition.
Along with the installations for the Biennale our medal design incorporated the 2018 theme, Emotional States. We sought to highlight the mechanics at work when we observe, imitate and reflect facial expressions. We chose to use a mirrored surface in the design to represent this process of emotional identification. Using metal manipulation, we created warped circular shapes, each subtly different so as to echo the intricate and ineffable factors that distinguish us and our emotions.
