We drew our inspiration for this project from tessellation folds used to pack and transport solar panels into space. In some ways we underestimated just how difficult achieving this tessellation fold in paper was, but after more then 35 hours of cutting, measuring, folding and cursing we eventually got there, and with a bit of clever packaging (think accordion sandwich) some courier-quick delivery and 4 hours of installation, it was done. I think what makes the lights work is not only their juxtaposition against the palais desperately random interior, but the combination of their curious and intricate shape and the warm ambient light they radiate. All in all a pretty successful first job… Well apart from the fact that 2 hours before the opening the management considered them a fire safety risk and asked us to take them down in favour of  Edward scissor hands attempt to open cans of baked beans in the dark with severe munchies.

Even though we had tested them, and they were covering fluorescent tube lighting (which doesn’t heat up significantly) the MAN, he say NO.

This project was designed and completed by Dom and Jonny

- Words by Jonny & Photos by Dom -

One evening while eating my dinner of roast chicken I found a wish bone. Just before breaking it in the traditional manner I noticed a small hole at the apex of the joint. Upon further inspection I found that an incense stick slotted perfectly into this hole, so with a bit of bleaching, sanding and careful balancing later, I had this neatly poised incense burner that shifts its weight as the incense burns away.

This is  just a simple example of how we are constantly surrounded by objects that can have a myriad of uses if just a little lateral thinking is applied.

This is a motto shared among many of the Made Madd crew, and here is an example of what happens when it is applied.

This is a coffee table constructed purely from found wood. The tables design echoes the silhouette of the vessel that carried its parts; a lovely, yellow skip that was sitting outside a house development on Varden Street, East London. It appears the floorboards were ripped up from said development, and whereas I imagine much of the reclaimed wood went to a reclaimed flooring company, there were enough small lengths left in the skip for us to construct this.

Built by Dom and myself.