A Hammock For Your Garden: Dymaxion Sleep
For the International Garden Festival at Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens, Jane Hutton and Adrian Blackwell designed this great public installation called Dymaxion Sleep. It’s a giant hammock suspended over a garden.
Says Pruned:
The name of the installation comes from Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion World Map , whose form is used for the shape of the garden’s horizontal surface. This surface is made of nylon safety netting by Creations Filion, specialists in circus and performance safety nets. It is taut when empty and becomes hammock-like once people get inside. Should one chose to relax or sleep in one of the triangular spaces, below are beds of aromatic plants — lemon geraniums, lavenders, peppermints, catmints, etc. — to help you unwind.
Images by Jane Hutton and Adrian Blackwell via pruned