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Restless Bats by Troika

July 19th, 2010 Yanda

The Restless Bats are a collection of 5 ping pong bat sets designed in reference to Ron’s seminal design works. Inspired by his early 80′s ready made, the ROVER BATS explore the ping pong potential of original Rover P6 V8 3500 car parts, using opposing ashtrays, a seat lever, a gearstick and seat side panels. Referring to Ron’s distinctive use of light and Corian, the PING PONG bats have integrated Leds which spell out PING and PONG in mid-air (yes, it is direction sensitive: PING one way, PONG the other). We also pressed and shaped books into paddles, choosing Nabokov’s LOLITA (one of Ron’s favourites after which he named his eponymous chandelier) and Dostoevsky’s THE IDIOT for which he created a limited edition for Penguin Books. Completing his huge bookshelf which depicts the map of the USA, we created the lost states of Hawaii and Alaska as a set of paddles rendered in rusted steel and mirror stainless. And finally, in an homage to our favourite piece, Arad’s concrete stereo, we casted our final set in cement, and created the CONCRETE BATS.

Thanks Anonymous for the share!

http://troika.uk.com/restlessbats