Abstract -> To create a desk that uses internal reflections and a one-way mirror system to create the illusion of space and infinite darkness below the desk.
Why? The most influential way we perceive space is through light. When light is manipulated, the illusion of space or the manipulation of it can be achieved. The refractive qualities of water can distort features below its surface and shift our perceived space. On a still lake the reflections of the water can sometimes elude to space, a mirror makes a room seem bigger due to its window into itself. When you put two mirrors facing one another, they reflect each other infinitely eventually going to black because the mirrors are not 100% efficient. What if we could use this internal reflection as an illusion of space?
How? Instead of 2 mirrors, take one mirror, then a light source, then a glass plate with a privacy film (effectively a one way mirror) and place them in that order in a boxed space. The light source will reflect off the mirror, then it will hit the one way mirror, most of the light would reflect back to the mirror, but a small amount would escape to the viewer, creating infinite internal reflections, the first few of which will be visible to the viewer.
Why? The most influential way we perceive space is through light. When light is manipulated, the illusion of space or the manipulation of it can be achieved. The refractive qualities of water can distort features below its surface and shift our perceived space. On a still lake the reflections of the water can sometimes elude to space, a mirror makes a room seem bigger due to its window into itself. When you put two mirrors facing one another, they reflect each other infinitely eventually going to black because the mirrors are not 100% efficient. What if we could use this internal reflection as an illusion of space?
How? Instead of 2 mirrors, take one mirror, then a light source, then a glass plate with a privacy film (effectively a one way mirror) and place them in that order in a boxed space. The light source will reflect off the mirror, then it will hit the one way mirror, most of the light would reflect back to the mirror, but a small amount would escape to the viewer, creating infinite internal reflections, the first few of which will be visible to the viewer.