UNINTENDED BEAUTY ·
UNINTENDED BEAUTY ·
Building the Maersk Triple E Container Ship, South Korea, 2014
Unintended Beauty offers a rare insight into places of work, knowledge and power that are normally kept behind closed doors. Unintended Beauty is a photographic exploration of industrial iconography and scientific symbolism found in technical facilities in around the world. The project reveals the accidental aesthetics, sublime complexities and rich details of our machines - machines that smash atoms together, build aeroplanes, produce medicine, make shoes, stuff sausages, and more.
Published by Hatje Cantz. Exhibited at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London; Les Champs Libres, Rennes, France; Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design (MADD), Bordeaux, France.
Gøl Sausage Factory, Denmark, 2016
Radio Anechoic Chamber at Denmarks Technical University, 2012
Mock-up of the ATLAS detector, part of the Large Hardron Collider (LHC) CERN, Switzerland, 2013
Adidas Shoe Factory, Indonesia, 2017
High Voltage Laboratory, Denmark's Technical University, 2016
Medicinal Cannabis Greenhouse, Denmark, 2019
Playmobil Factory, Malta, 2015
European Space Technology and Research Center (ESTEC), 2013
Odeillo Solar Furnace, France, 2012
Wooltex Textile Mill, United Kingdom, 2016
Danish Crown Slaughterhouse, Denmark, 2013
CREDITS
Author: Alastair Philip Wiper
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Year: 2020
Foreword: Marcelo Gleiser
Interview: Ian Chillag
Graphic Design: Ironflag
Support: Kvadrat, Danish Art Foundation, ReD Associates
Facilities photographed: Boeing, adidas, The European Space Agency, Playmobil, Steinway & Sons, Kvadrat, CERN, Maersk, Absolut, Bang & Olufsen, Danish Crown, Ørsted, Technical University of Denmark, Mykita, RealDoll, Arla, Doc Johnson, Koenigsegg, ITER and others.
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