HERE COMES THE SUN
Photography ©Mark Cocksedge
The circular picnic blanket marks out separate seats that comply with the two-metre distancing rules, allowing people to socialise safely and confidently after the lockdown.
Read More +“As a designer that works with sizes and measurements on a daily basis, I sometimes find it hard to accurately interpret two metres – which is a common problem we’re all having at the moment. It adds a level of worry to our future interactions. This blanket is a playful answer to that and works as a democratic piece of design that anyone can download and make.” – Paul Cocksedge.
Here Comes The Sun offered a social distancing solution during the height of the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
The work was released as a freely available downloadable pattern, allowing people to craft their own blankets at home using leftover or spare material.
The blanket featured in the V&A Dundee’s Now Accepting Contactless exhibition of socially distanced design, and is part of the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
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