I love Calder\'s work, especially his doodles of cars with umbrellas. They are so much fun. I think that you could really push that idea with this design. Although I understand where you are coming from, I think that to be true to Calder\'s mobiles you would have to have greater unbalance in your designs visual weight. Your design is too symetrical. Perhaps if you started with a spectacular mobile design then added the technology of the lights and some form of liquid distortion, you would have a really cool concept. Perhaps even the electrical wires wold become an integral part of the design... Just think of the possibilities for simple things like the hinge joints where the wires meet the shapes and how they could spin freely but still transmit electricity to the LED\'s. There are lots of things to think about and design here, and you have a great high level concept so far that could use a bit more resolution at this stage of the competition. howman

Hi,thanks for comments. Calder mobiles looks like floating pieces but are made of a heavy compounds/iron ore,and this idea is just about the opposite,the designer create a a aluminium lampshade with bold appear -almost dissapearing into the wall;in fact,compounds are thinked just like the very light white inner plastics that you can found in thin clocks machines because the main purpose is dissapear inside design. Design as it is done will look just a a sheet or a sliced Calder work/only one layer/height;and if the aluminium sheets wings of design are almost touching ceiling both sides is it really what is made for-a plain aluminium hidden light led light with plastic compounds inside-although Calder is used for concept the overall design is what I call a hidden function design inside;sometimes trend or strong design can be dated,and plain design survives better through the history of design or disappearing design is better than appeal appearing ones as first original Underwater asks for-bold,plain and unobstrusive design-see Dieter Rams Braum designs/thoughts. Alexandre Oberda

Calder work is, yes, made from heavy materials, but it is sandwiched... the inner layer is a honeycomb and although to touch or knock on a piece gives the sound of a heavy solid metal object, they are much lighter than they appear. This was the really cool part about his work... The illusion of weight and weightlessness... Many of his pieces were aluminum too. I can appreciate your correlation between the inner lightness of your design and his work. howman

Anyway a good solution and great input to the discussion about how to realize it! diplomod