Each autumn thousands of Starlings flock to the UK to spend the winter. This natural phenomena creates wonderfully fluctuating shapes known as murmurations, where the Starlings meet together before settling to roost. Designer Claire Potter wanted to highlight the importance of one roosting site – the iconic and skeletal West Pier – so her design team created a light installation featuring more than a hundred wind-powered LED lights. The LED array is mounted atop recycled plastic poles above an old timber boat. Claire’s ‘mini-murmuration’ represents a tiny snapshot of the real murmuration that occurs, while also highlighting the decline of the starlings – red LEDs were chosen as a reference to the “red listed” status of the starling on the RSPB Species of Conservation Concern List.

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Instead of going on holiday this year, eco design practice Claire Potter Design has decamped from its usual base to create a temporary pop-up studio in the Open Market in central Brighton, UK. They’ll be offering free interior and landscape design advice to all visitors this week, so stop by if you’re in the area and need some tips on what to do with your decor or garden! The shop was constructed entirely from locally-sourced recycled and reclaimed materials — it features vintage gym equipment used as a seating bench and table, old enamel factory lights, and plywood boards rescued from a building site skip. Other reclaimed features include a 1950’s architect’s drawing table and a transparency viewing light board, both of which add to eclectic, industrial style of the space.

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