PAT E N T O F
I N V E N T I O N
"Criosfera, the cryosphere, encompasses all components
of the Earth System that are frozen. 90% of such ice is in
Antarctica. That same ice is the largest repository of data on
our climate history. It is a time capsule that enables scientists
to trace the climatic history of our planet, extracting from
captive air bubbles trends of CO2, greenhouse gasses and
temperature from past glacial and interglacial eras.
The quintessential marker of climate change is thus the Ice
Core, a cylinder of stratified ice extracted from the depths
of our planet’s ice sheets. The ice core thus becomes the
element that creates awareness and calls to action.
Abandoning its frozen form, the ice core of Criosfera consists
of a layering of blown recycled glass with an optic core that
learns from the refractive nature of the ice surface of the
Antarctic plateau to maximise the diffusion of light, and
evokes the stratification of the polar ice."
Giulia Foscari
"Criosfera is not “just” a light. It is a resolution, a manifesto
of our times. One that is imbued with optimism that we will,
individually and collectively, defend intergenerational justice.
Lights on. It’s action time."
Giulia Foscari
Criosfera is therefore a synthesis of optical, material and
scientific knowledge which translates into a manifesto of
values between the present and the future.
The external blown glass cylinder is the structure inside
which the optoelectronic engine disappears without visible
shadows. Its limits and its uniqueness are linked to the
craftsmanship.
Engraving are impressed into the hot glass before blowing
and makes its thickness wavy and irregular.
It contains the measured perfection of optical extrusion
whose section diffuses the light without making the sources
inside visible.
This element fits into the space with three different essential
structures, which refer to the scientific instruments used to
extract and analyze ice cores. They are composed of surfaces
made with laser cutting, a technology that optimizes the use
of materials.
Criosfera
Giulia Foscari
UNA/UNLESS
