The winning proposal for an installation at the China Millennium Monument during Beijing Design Week 2011, ’Manuscript (seats of poetry)’ celebrates literature, industry, and culture in a large-scale sculpture by London-based designers Paul Cocksedge Studio. Measuring 20 meters long by 6.7 meters high, ‘Manuscript’ consists of several undulated red steel ‘pages’, each inscribed with poems from both Chinese and English sources. The sheets can be wandered through both day and night, as well as used by visitors for seating and reflection. The design celebrates the Chinese invention of manuscript paper, the very basis of global literature and communication, and highlights in particular the exchange between Beijing and London, which is the guest city of this year’s design week festival.
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