(Katharina Mischer & Thomas Traxler), Vienna, 26 March 2010, natural oak, cotton, glue, resin, paint, production date stamp: by “recorder one”/made in/VIENNA/on/26 MAR 2010/ mischer’traxler, height 100 cm, 60 x 70 cm. (DR)

This sideboard is a prototype within the project “The Idea of a Tree”, which also comprises a settee, a rocking bench, a container, and a lamp shade.

Exhibited: - Visualising Transformation, Turin 2010 – mischer’traxler & raw color, Otrascosas de Villar-Rosas, Barcelona 2011 - Limited Editions, Engelhorn & Turkiewicz, Vienna 2011.

Lit.: B. Brondi - M. Raino, In Residence Diary #3, Visualising Transformation, Corraini Editioni 2011 - Love Earth. 100 Eco Ideas - 100 Eco Designs, Dictionary 2011 - R. Klanten - A. Mollard, Precursor, The Creativity Watchlist, Gestalten 2011.

Objects forming part of this project are in the permanent collection of the Art Institute Chicago.

This sideboard represents an object from the series “The Idea of a Tree” – an autonomous production process driven by solar power that responds to the various degrees of the sun’s intensity on a particular day, which is then reflected in one object per day. Each object represents the day and place of its making through variations in length, thickness, and colour.

Winter – short object
Summer – long object
Much sun – thick layers and bright colours
Little sun – thin layers and dark colours