Janet Echelman’s latest work, “Noli Timere” is on show through April 23 for Milan Design Week. It is the latest in a series of net aerial sculptures that our engineering team has helped produce.⁠

A collaboration with Kohler, the installation is suspended above the courtyard of the Palazzo del Senato. ⁠Since 2014, we have been working with Echelman to collectively explore the complexities of net structures, and develop new techniques in form-finding, dimensioning and detailing of the material’s various splice conditions. ⁠

In her artist’s statement for “Noli Timere”, Echelman states, “The sculpture depicts two sculptural forms which touch at a single point, yet its fields of color wash from one form through the air into the other as if the space between them decreases to nothing.”

“It is a visual exploration of the nature of separation, connection, and interdependence.”

Materials and Size

Fiber, Buildings and Sky combined with Colored Lighting. Fibers are braided with nylon and UHMWPE (Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene)

Dimensions of net: 73 ft. length x 26 ft. width x 12 ft. depth