And finally… Design award for border wall seesaws
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The installations of seesaws between the metal slats of the US-Mexico border wall that enabled children on either side to play together has won the 2020 Beazley Design of the Year award, run by London’s Design Museum.
Image courtesy of Rael San Fratello
Designed by architectural studio Rael San Fratello, the three pink seesaws straddled the wall between El Paso in Texas and Ciudad Juárez in Mexico.
Posting images and videos of the installation to Instagram, architect Ronald Rael said: “The wall became a literal fulcrum for US-Mexico relations and children and adults were connected in meaningful ways on both sides with the recognition that the actions that take place on one side have a direct consequence on the other side.”
Tim Marlow, chief executive and director of the Design Museum, which awarded the installation the prize, said: “The Teeter-Totter Wall encouraged new ways of human connection. It remains an inventive and poignant reminder of how human beings can transcend the forces that seek to divide us.”
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