Installation ICARUS by world famous David Trubridge is purchased for the permanent collection of the Pompidou Centre in Paris. This acquisition is a rare honour for a contemporary designer, and it is the first time the internationally renowned museum has acquired items created by a modern designer that focus on �sustainable development.

The pieces acquired by the Pompidou Centre will be part of its extraordinary collection of Modern design classics, and important prototypes. The Pompidou Centre is one of the three most prestigious institutions of its kind in the western world, the other two being the Victoria and Albert museum in London (where Trubridge already has a jewellery box) and MOMA in New York.

The three pieces are the parts of an installation called Icarus. The installation is based on the Greek legend of Icarus, and is made up of two luminous polycarbonate Wing lights circling around Sola, a patterned wooden sphere, coloured orange inside, to represent the Sun. It incorporates a vital moral for our times, reminding us not to get carried away with our technology and hubris because if we do the Sun might get too hot

Source: interiornews.com.