The Art of Repetition: flattened Fiats by Ron Arad


Flat tyres, flat everything - designer Ron Arad has squashed iconic Fiat 500s into two-dimensional, wall-hung art


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In-Reverse is a new batch of work, which caped off a 30-year retrospective of Ron Arad's output in metal, at Israel's Design Museum Holon (which of course he designed).

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Arad explains: 'Rather than manipulate materials to render them functional or render digital models towards a functional object, here I "reverse" perfectly functional objects and render them useless.' These pieces are Pressed Flower Blue, Yellow, Rust and Red. Beauty in a car-crash of an exhibition...

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