“Underlight” is an immersive installation designed by Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios for Kohler Co featuring one of our fish sculptures. It has been a dream come true to be paired with a designer like Crosby studios and the underwater experience has captivated the audience at Design Miami and Art Basel.
Photo by Sammy Reed
This project is the culmination of two Arts/Industry Residencies at Kohler Co through the John Michael Kohler Art Center. Those residencies led to the first MakerSpace residency where we made a massive sculpture for the new entrance of the Shedd Aquarium in on Chicago’s historic lakefront consisting of 1600 fish called “The Once and Forever Lake Michigan”
“Underlight” uses some of the fish from the “Scuola di Pesci” installation which debuted in Milan in 2024. The reflective iridescent finishes on the fish inspired a new sink finish by Kohler Co called “Pearlized”
The collaboration with Kohler Co has been an incredible journey and to be paired with Crosby Studios is more than I could have imagined was possible. The result has been magic. The buzz for the installation at Design Miami has been incredible. The installation has been full of beautiful people passing through or sitting down and indulging in the experience of being in the “Underlight”
