Design studio MADLAB has designed a chandelier made of 15,000 feet of fiber optic cables connecting a variety of petri dishes.
Called ‘Bacterioptica’, the biologically living chandelier displays various life forms that are significant to the family who displays it.
Light is filtered through the transparent discs filled with bacterial growth which can be installed manually.
According to the design project statement, "It is alive in a very literal sense: it cultivates, distributes and illuminates the bacterial life of its family members by way of a branching assembly of metal rods, glass petri dishes and fiber optics.”
“Bacterioptica is adaptive by design, not only in its form and mechanics, but more importantly, in the way it evolves. Step by-step instructions guide the family through procedures to experiment with and prepare each bacterial sample for its place in the chandelier. Whether featuring bacteria from the skin, the yard or the dinner guests, Bacterioptica is continually changing in shape and luminosity.”
[via Thinxblog]