利用阿联酋最丰富的自然材料之一–沙子，IOTA是一个盛大的露天装置，展示了150多个沙子的模块球体，旨在欢迎客人进入迪拜市中心的2022年设计展。该项目得到了House Of Today的支持，House Of Today是一个非营利性的设计平台，负责识别、展示、培养和联系新兴的黎巴嫩设计师，与全球的设计专家建立关系。
Utilizing one of the most abundantly found natural materials in the UAE — sand, IOTA is a grand open-air installation showcasing over 150 modular spheres of sand, designed to welcome guests into Dubai’s Downtown Design 2022 fair. The project has been supported by House Of Today, a non-profit design platform that identifies, showcases, nurtures, and connects emerging Lebanese designers to create a relationship with design experts globally.
沙子已经永恒地存在，并在许多方面描绘了这个城市的历史、文化和身份的有意义的画面。 本能地，这对设计组合认为这是一个值得拥抱的机会，同时问自己–如何将当地最丰富的材料作为迪拜的生态颂歌来使用？
Sand has existed timelessly and, in many ways, paints a meaningful picture of the city’s history, culture and identity. Instinctively, the design duo saw this as an opportunity worth embracing while asking themselves — how can the most abundantly found local material be used as an ecological ode to Dubai?
该作品保留了手工压制土层的古老方法，现在用现代的模具铸造。这对设计组合通过形式重新想象了这种方法，将一种明显沉重的材料展示为现代的、柔软的、似乎没有重量的材料。每一个触感良好的球体在质地和成分上都是独一无二的，自然地染上了一系列的颜色。
The work preserves the age-old method of hand-pressing earth layer above layer, now cast in modern-made moulds. The design duo has reimagined the method through form, showcasing a perceptibly heavy material as contemporary, soft and seemingly weightless. Each tactile sphere is unique in texture and composition, naturally pigmented in an array of colors.
大部分血橙色和粉红色的球体被组成，以定义流通和休息的区域–一个俏皮的布局允许行人在展览的入口处来回走动。模块化的组成被比喻为一幅画，整个装置的每个角度都是艺术指导的练习，旨在平衡和协调颜色的调色板。鉴于其多变的布局，在整个装置中所经历的不断变化的时刻为风景如画的时刻提供了多种机会。
A majority of blood orange and powder pink spheres are composed to define areas of circulation and rest — a playful layout allowing pedestrian porosity to and from the exhibition’s entry point. The modular composition is likened to a painting, where each perspective throughout the installation is an exercise of art direction, meant to balance and harmonize the palette of colors. Given its versatile layout, ever-changing moments experienced throughout the installation present multiple opportunities for picturesque moments.
由IOTA的故事引发，Karim+Elias的成立是为了通过艺术和设计创造性地探索沙。这对组合已经认识到沙子是一种具有意义的材料，在其永恒和普遍的质量。作为石头、大理石甚至混凝土的潜在替代品，它是他们工作理念的基础。Karim+Elias从迪拜的碎片开始，以制作来自世界各地景观的土质遗物和空间体验为使命。
Sparked by the story of IOTA, Karim+Elias was founded to creatively explore sand through art and design. The duo has come to recognize sand as a material with meaning, in its timeless and universal quality. As a potential alternative to stone, marble or even concrete, it is the foundation of their work philosophy. Karim+Elias is beginning with pieces of Dubai, on a mission to craft earthen relics and spatial experiences from landscapes worldwide.
Architects: Karim+Elias
Area : 165 m²
Year : 2022
Photographs :Michal Stancelewski
Lead Architects : Karim Tamerji, Elias El Hage
Lighting Consultation : Shahe Manuelian
Lighting Supply : TABET Engineering & Lighting
City : Dubai
Country : United Arab Emirates