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Bean bags sewn from old paragliders
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The workSoft Monument : A Place to Pause (LA TÊTE DANS LES NUAGES x Amy Tidmarsh), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Three striped bean bags in pink, yellow, turquoise and purple on a lawn, in front of a building hung with long striped strips of sail fabricImage: La Tête Dans Les NuagesMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Diagram: a used paragliding sail is observed for weight, movement, surface, traces of use and construction, then cut and sewn into a bean bagImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 1950, Soft Monument: A Place to Pause (A Material Practice)
- Slide 3
- Two people on a city rooftop raise a big patchwork panel of orange, yellow and teal sail fabric like a flag, beside a heap of colorful bean bagsImage: La Tête Dans Les NuagesMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Diagram of the installation: reusable scaffolding frame, suspended paragliding sails overhead, bean bags from sails on the floor, visitors sittingImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 1950 (A Place to Pause); ddw.nl program page soft-monument-a-place-to-pause