Benjamin Dennel

👁️ I’m delighted with what we achieved on this project and thankful for the opportunity to work alongside such a talented team. Huge thanks to my amazing @landorofficial teammates: @akseloz , @aleks_vujatovic , @bapt_pch , @fredgranon , @remich666 , @mthld.lnd , @ttianbai and @didierhge Special thanks to Delphine Urbach for trusting us with this project, @lorealparis and @editions_gallimard ——— 100,000 Years of Beauty Book This project presents an iconic object exploring the history of beauty through art and culture. Conceived as a perfect cube symbolizing timelessness, it centers on the gaze—echoing the idea that “beauty lives in the eye that sees it.” The mirrored box invites both contemplation and self-reflection, while interchangeable covers offer a personalized experience. Inspired by five iconic gazes from across eras, it transcends cultural boundaries, showcasing the evolution of aesthetic ideals and inviting viewers to see themselves within the universal story of beauty.

The Global Commons Tapestry is exhibited in the Planetary Embassy of Voice of Commons at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Designed by Giulia Foscari and realised by master weaver Giovanni Bonotto (Fondazione Bonotto), the tapestry features satellite images Courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA), and was developed with graphic design support by Benjamin Dennel. The Global Commons tapestry is not “just” an object. It is a manifesto. A planetary section woven in pixels. In an era where the planetary crisis risks to outpace our capacity to imagine alternative futures, the tapestry renders visible what is often ignored: the precarious state of our Global Commons—Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space—through the dispassionate yet omnipresent gaze of unmanned orbital satellites, at once a tool of knowledge and a mechanism of control. The tapestry stitches together Holocene utopias with Anthropocene collapse: oil spills dispersing into oceanic currents, extreme weather systems tearing through landscapes, ice sheets fracturing into disappearance. These are not abstractions. They are planetary signals, data points in a system pushed beyond its boundaries. Its composition is sectional—an Earth-to-universe cut—layering satellite imagery from the seabed to the stratosphere, from the frozen commons of Antarctica to the space debris drifting in orbit. The tapestry holds within it the paradox of technology: both the cause of our planetary predicament and the key to its comprehension. The same instruments that trace our trajectory towards tipping points also offer the knowledge to recalibrate. Inscribed within its weave, critical thresholds mark the urgency of now: 15°C above pre-industrial temperatures, 424 ppm CO₂, rising ocean acidification. These are not numbers; they are planetary boundaries breached. The tapestry does not ask for passive viewing—it demands recognition. It is a call to action, a demand for accountability, an invitation to collectively reimagine the planetary contract before the fabric unravels. @una_unless @giuliafoscariwr @UNESCO @UNoceandecade @europeanspaceagency @bonotto_official @fondazionebonotto @benjamin_dennel

The Global Commons Tapestry is exhibited in the Planetary Embassy of Voice of Commons at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Designed by Giulia Foscari and realised by master weaver Giovanni Bonotto (Fondazione Bonotto), the tapestry features satellite images Courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA), and was developed with graphic design support by Benjamin Dennel. The Global Commons tapestry is not “just” an object. It is a manifesto. A planetary section woven in pixels. In an era where the planetary crisis risks to outpace our capacity to imagine alternative futures, the tapestry renders visible what is often ignored: the precarious state of our Global Commons—Antarctica, the Ocean, the Atmosphere, and Outer Space—through the dispassionate yet omnipresent gaze of unmanned orbital satellites, at once a tool of knowledge and a mechanism of control. The tapestry stitches together Holocene utopias with Anthropocene collapse: oil spills dispersing into oceanic currents, extreme weather systems tearing through landscapes, ice sheets fracturing into disappearance. These are not abstractions. They are planetary signals, data points in a system pushed beyond its boundaries. Its composition is sectional—an Earth-to-universe cut—layering satellite imagery from the seabed to the stratosphere, from the frozen commons of Antarctica to the space debris drifting in orbit. The tapestry holds within it the paradox of technology: both the cause of our planetary predicament and the key to its comprehension. The same instruments that trace our trajectory towards tipping points also offer the knowledge to recalibrate. Inscribed within its weave, critical thresholds mark the urgency of now: 15°C above pre-industrial temperatures, 424 ppm CO₂, rising ocean acidification. These are not numbers; they are planetary boundaries breached. The tapestry does not ask for passive viewing—it demands recognition. It is a call to action, a demand for accountability, an invitation to collectively reimagine the planetary contract before the fabric unravels. @una_unless @giuliafoscariwr @UNESCO @UNoceandecade @europeanspaceagency @bonotto_official @fondazionebonotto @benjamin_dennel

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