The exhibition Ron Arad: Restless opens today (February 18) and is on display through May 16 at the Barbican Art Gallery in London. The retrospective showcases many works from the industrial designer, including Lolita (pictured), a Swarovski crystal chandelier comprising 1,050 LED lights embedded within 2,100 crystals and the first to have its own mobile phone number. Text messages appear at the top of the chandelier and wind down the ribbon curves.
Other showcased works include Rover Chair, a car seat salvaged from a junkyard mounted on a steel frame; Well-Tempered Chair, a reinterpretation of the overstuffed club chair using four thin sheets of tempered steel bent and held together by wing nuts; and Reinventing the Wheel, a bookcase that has a wheel-within-a-wheel construction and can easily be rolled around while the shelves remain level.
