"Squid Capsule", an installation by the Los Angeles design studio Layer, will transform the outdoor courtyard into a weather island that isolates and amplifies subtle changes in Los Angeles' summer climate. "Climate change" is enacted here as a delicate drama of temperature and humidity, with air as the medium and water as the agent of change. A field of fog will permeate around these inflatables, suspending the entire piece in a vapor cloud.

"Squid Capsule" will open daily from June 19th through September. Admission is free to the public. Visitors will be encouraged to touch, lounge, explore, and experience this newest installation at Materials & Applications.

Layer is a Los Angeles based design partnership founded by Lisa Little and Emily White. Layer's work ranges from buildings to installations to drawings made by robots. Recent work includes Art Los Angeles Contemporary and residential projects in Echo Park and Manhattan Beach. Layer's installation "Fat Fringe," which was produced through M&A's MatterApp series, was featured on the cover of the April 2010 issue of Interior Design magazine. "Fat Fringe" will be visible to the public again at the California Design Biennial at the Pasadena Museum of California Art beginning on July 18th.  

M&A and Layer invite the public to the opening of Squid Capsule. The opening will be held on June 19, 2010, from 12pm to 4pm. The M&A exhibit courtyard is located at 1619 Silver Lake Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90026.

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