Renaissance people are amazing. Andrea Hayward is a person such as that. Designer, artist, maybe even architect! Hayward is a master at whatever project in need to creative interpretation that comes her way. And what’v we got here? Keys. Lots of keys. The project you see above is called “Pure Gold” and is the newest in what I hope is a long series of key-grid installations, the first of which was just done late 2009. Upcycling yay!

There’s three projects here, all by Andrea Hayward, all done in the past year, the newest one being “Pure Gold.” The middle project is an untitled one, one I’d call “USED / TNAW” – this one was exhibited at a show called “UpCycling: Recuperating Past Lives” that took place May 8th – May 23rd, 2009 at the Tartar Gallery in Toronto Canada. Then the last, the oldest project is “Come Up To My Room.”

This last project has the most interesting concept, if you ask me, as it’s installed along a staircase and invites the user to interact with this subtitle: “the trade a key/leave a key/spare a key” and “Come Inside / don’t call me again.” Being able to take home part of any sort of installation art is always going to get a thumbs up from me. Love to collect. Love to have.

And how about the use of a single object in duplicate? The collecting and arranging and sometimes even the displaying of objects that’ve got a common denominator is one of the most important activities a designer can do to keep their skills at a peak. It’s next to creation in it’s importance. Having collected a stack of posters, and having practiced making posters for some time, these are the tenants of the house of excellent design.

Poster design, anyway.

Peek at these keys, for they are the keys to a fabulous installation project with a heavily amazing project with lots of potential to spawn beyond itself.

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