Connection

Connection was born as a project where the brief required the design of a product capable of helping migrants from North Africa through their journey to Italy. The product is designed to be installed in the First Aid Center on the island of Lampedusa, Sicily. Connection is an outdoor structure consisting of a net made with phosphorescent rope that, through appropriate hooks and supports, can fill the spaces in a non-oppressive way, providing a green light in the dark, creating a playful situation and widening the spaces. The ropes transmit a phosphorescent green light, which considered therapeutic and it’s the focal point of the project because instills calm and confidence. The net is also seen as a metaphor of the connection between individuals in a such a dramatic situation. With the slender shape of the beams, the structure recalls the shape of the grass and that becomes a metaphor for tenacity of a new life. Another key element of the project is the fact that the structure can be adapted, in accordance with the concept of "design for all", to different cases, not necessarily limited to the immigration emergency. The construction elements are in fact standard and can be ordered based on the square footage of the area to be covered.