3899 x 2590 px | 33 x 21,9 cm | 13 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
29 juin 2014
Lieu:
Goodwood, West Sussex, UK
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A designer has created a glittering sculpture using the nose cone of the iconic Concorde supersonic aircraft. Sebastian Conran crafted the piece of art, called Icon, using the nose cone rescued from the Concorde prototype and five tonnes of polished stainless steel, burr walnut, and bronze. The seven metre-long sculpture was inspired by the sonic waves that the aircraft would have made by hitting the earth's atmosphere at speeds of more than Mach II. It swivels on a bearing and shows the nose tilted, as it would have been on take-off. Rolls-Royce aero-engine specialists Simon Jeffs and Rob Gearing rescued the nose cone from the prototype and contacted Mr Conran as he had worked on the design of the airliner's interior design. Mr Conran, the brother of designer Jasper Conran, says his work celebrates 'the intersection of art and technology'.
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