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5,000 mirrored bees
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workReflecting Wildness: Take Time to Watch the Bees (studio mo man tai), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- Visual storytelling 2 (momantaidesign.com) momantaidesign.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A mirrored bee cut-out with gold striped body, silver wings and black legs on a pale surface, with yellow light reflections and a wall of mirrored bees beside itImage: Studio mo man taiMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A heap of gold mirrored bee bodies with cut-out stripes lying on a pale groundImage: Studio mo man taiMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- A pile of silver mirrored bee wings with etched veins, catching lightImage: Studio mo man taiMuseum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Diagram of an insect body plan in three parts: head, thorax with wings and three pairs of legs, and abdomenImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Biology 2e, section 28.5, Superphylum Ecdysozoa: Arthropods (openstax.org)
- Slide 5
- A wall of gold and silver mirrored bees casts bright yellow reflections onto a white floorImage: Studio mo man taiMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Spiegel en handvat, Rijksmuseum (AK-MAK-1297)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record