elstar is a monumental 34ft high mirror-faceted soccer sculpture created for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It’s a playful, aesthetic take on the iconic, multi-panelled adidas Telstar football, designed in 1968 by Danish footballer Egil Nielsen, who named it after the similarly shaped Telstar Satellite. Constructed from mirrored stainless steel, clad onto a steel and aluminium base,

32 panels are arranged in a spherical, cohesive, aligned system where all pieces are equal. Sitting on the ground outside the stadium, this impactful work creates an immediate, intimate relationship with the thousands of passing fans uniting people, nature and architecture in a fragmented collage, the Mercedes-Benz stadium is home to two popular, highly regarded teams – the Atlanta Falcons (American football) and Atlanta United (soccer). The other major artwork commissioned was a huge falcon sculpture to celebrate the Falcons, and we were asked by Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta United, to create a fitting sculpture for his newly acquired soccer team.

Photo: Jonathan Hillyer

uspended in the soaring atrium of Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas—the sister ship to the world’s largest cruise liner, Icon of the Seas—Studio Roso’s installation Turtles forms the dramatic centerpiece of the vessel.

The work depicts two sea turtles gliding through a cascading school of shimmering forms, their bodies assembled from hundreds of iridescent metal fragments. Light plays across their surfaces, shifting between deep ocean blues, violets, and warm copper tones, echoing the ever-changing hues of sunlight on water.

The accompanying torrent of sculpted droplets, rendered in mirrored glass, enhances the sense of movement and immersion. Together, these elements transform the ship’s central gathering space into an underwater dreamscape, where passengers encounter the majesty of marine life suspended in flight.

Drawing on both myth and ecology, Turtles speaks to endurance, migration, and the delicate interdependence of life in the oceans. As the main feature artwork on board, it offers a moment of wonder and reflection—inviting voyagers to consider the beauty and fragility of the seas they cross.

Photo: Peter Guenzel

Floating majestically above the sweeping curves of Star of the Seas’ atrium spaces, Studio Roso’s twin suspended sculptures form radiant clouds of birds in perpetual flight. Each installation, anchoring both the front and aft atriums, features scores of delicately wrought birds, their brass and iridescent metallic plumage shimmering in the natural and architectural light. Linked together by a lattice of polished rods, the avian forms appear to swirl, ascend, and glide, inviting visitors to gaze skyward and experience a sensation of wonder and movement at the very heart of this remarkable ship.

Studio Roso’s meticulous craft transforms the atrium ceilings into breathtaking, kinetic scenes inspired by nature’s grandeur and the boundless promise of ocean voyaging. Across both sculptures, birds soar in synchronized formation, capturing the joyful momentum of a flock mid-flight. Each bird, hammered and finished by hand, reflects shifting tones of gold, blue, and violet, creating a dynamic play of light and shadow that animates the entire space, day and night.

As some of the signature art features in Star of the Seas—sister ship to Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world—these atrium works epitomize Royal Caribbean’s melding of art, architecture, and innovative engineering. Both installations are not just visual focal points, but powerful symbols of connection, freedom, and shared journey, welcoming every guest who enters with a reminder of flight, travel, and collective discovery at sea.

Photo: Peter Guenzel

Studio Roso: Star of the Seas – Central Park Aviary

Royal Caribbean “Star of the Seas,” Central Park, Main Atrium

Suspended in the light-filled, soaring heart of Star of the Seas, Studio Roso’s sculptural installation transforms the cavernous Central Park into a daylit sanctuary alive with color, shadow, and flight. This ambitious 3D artwork features a flock of lacquered birds—each rendered in vivid hues of yellow, blue, green, and magenta—perched and taking wing across architectural ledges and surfaces. Their poised and dynamic forms, both solitary and in groups, invite moments of wonder, drawing the eye upward and through the multi-level space.

Studio Roso, renowned for merging art, architecture, and emotion, brings nature’s delicate vitality aboard the world’s most innovative cruise liner. The birds, with their playful, almost animate presence, engage with both sunlight and the vibrant botanical mural that spreads across the towering walls beneath—a lush setting painted by an anonymous artist. The resulting scene is one of joyful harmony between natural and imagined worlds, where shadows and shapes change with the moving sun, echoing the shifting seascape beyond.

Created for Star of the Seas—sister ship to Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise vessel—this installation stands as a signature artwork in the ship’s main gathering place. It reflects the ship’s spirit of exploration and the promise of new adventures on every voyage. Studio Roso’s vision invites visitors to pause, look up, and rediscover childlike awe, making Central Park not just a space, but a poetic experience at sea.

Photo: Peter Guenzel

‘Tribe’ is a 33-foot suspended artwork made of 50 colourful, fabricated heads, spanning four floors of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital’s main atrium. Inspired by the idea that every role in the NHS is vital—like members of a tribe—the work celebrates the diverse individuals who keep the hospital running. Based on profile photos taken during a workshop of patients, staff, volunteers, and others connected to the hospital, the heads were sculpted in Jesmonite and painted in horizontal layers to reflect the NHS’s rich diversity, interconnectedness, and humanity.

Photo: Sandra Ciampone

Bloom plays on the notion of air being the carrier and the ‘active’ part in an epidemic system. Like a sneeze that transmits a virus through the air. The piece is created as a three-dimensional decentralized diagram. Painted black as if drawn directly in the space, it is a powder-coated mild steel structure, embellished with LED’s, polypropylene propellers and motors at the extremities. Over a set period of time a number of different contagion scenarios will play out, animating the piece by rotating and lighting the propellers as the disease spreads throughout the structure. Bloom can be interpreted on macro level, i.e. nodes being cities and the activation of propeller and light alluding to the fast spread of disease caused by the speed and reach of modern transport networks from one country or city to the next. Or on micro level, with each propeller representing a single individual and the entire piece animating one propeller at a time by proximity. “If you blow on a propeller, it will start spinning and, in turn, create its own airflow. It’s this playful analogy that we use to tell the serious story of how disease spreads, which can be caused by as simple a thing as breathing air. We cannot see it, but it travels far and fast.

Photo: Sandra Ciampone

Piece for the exhibition ‘9 Rooms, 9 Lights’

Originally commissioned for the lighting exhibition running throughout the spring 2016, it is now part of the museums permanent collection.

Photo: Studio Roso

Artwork for The Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, ‘Spirit of the Seas’. Conceived during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rafflesia emerged as a luminous tribute to life, beauty, and the longing for wonder. Named after the world’s largest flower, Rafflesia is a suspended, otherworldly sculpture that challenges perception through scale, material, and spatial tension. Its faceted petals — clad in gold leaf and spanning four meters in diameter — catch and refract the changing tones of their surroundings. Light, shadow, and color shift fluidly across the surface, allowing the piece to come alive in response to its environment. It never looks the same twice. Nature offers an endlessly layered visual language — one that evokes emotion, memory, and a sense of presence. Rafflesia channels that language, not through direct imitation, but through an abstraction of form and sensation. It invites viewers into a moment of pause, of dreamlike disorientation, and of quiet awe. Created during a time when movement, travel, and contact were suspended, Rafflesia evokes the exoticism and escape that suddenly felt out of reach. It speaks to the human need for discovery and connection — not just outward, but inward. Hovering between the botanical and the celestial, Rafflesia is less a flower than a threshold — a visual portal that hovers gently above, drawing the gaze upward and inward at once.

Photo: Peter Guenzel

‘Connected’ is a monumental sculpture, made of 1440 figurative components, celebrating the human element and global nature of Air Products: Togetherness, Diversity, Connectivity, The sculpture represents the artists’ expression of human interconnectivity, in one powerful installation. Utilising molecular structures to create a spherical form, this circular shape alludes to our planet, as well as the cohesive workforce of Air Products. Sculptural components celebrate the strength of human diversity, in variations of body shapesThese figures are enhanced by geometric parts, in multiple textures and shades of gold, each character connected to become one dynamic unit of strength, vigour and harmony.

Photo: Dennis Deanna

Gracefully animating the corridor at Evelyn at Partners, Studio Roso’s “Fauna” brings a radiant stream of sculpted golden forms into delicate dialogue with the space. Composed of hundreds of geometric, origami-like pieces, this wall-mounted installation traces a dynamic, organic path across the expanse of white wall. Each faceted element catches and reflects the ambient light, creating gentle ripples and shifting shadows that evoke motion and a sense of flow.

The piece conjures the impression of a flock in flight, a murmuration of birds, or perhaps a swarm of luminous leaves carried along a breeze—offering a poetic celebration of natural movement and collective harmony. From every angle, “Fauna” transforms, giving visitors a sense of discovery as they walk alongside its length, revealing ever-changing patterns of light, form, and depth.

Studio Roso’s installation fosters a contemplative atmosphere within the workplace, inviting a moment’s pause and reminding us of nature’s ability to inspire, energize, and connect.

Photo: Sandra Ciampone

“Light is only seen when reflected.” This deceptively simple observation forms the conceptual foundation of Light, a site-responsive installation commissioned for the courtyard of the international headquarters of Clarks Shoes. Inspired by the phenomenon of light beams becoming visible only when scattered by airborne dust, the work imagines two shafts of light entering the courtyard and travelling through space. These imagined beams are made tangible by thousands of small reflective discs, suspended to catch and redirect sunlight across the surfaces of the courtyard. As daylight moves overhead, the discs cast shifting patterns of light, color, and shadow onto walls, floors, and previously unlit architectural surfaces. By using the building’s own structure as a canvas, Light blurs the boundary between artwork and environment. It is not simply placed in the space — it completes it. The installation invites viewers to experience the courtyard not as a static architectural volume, but as a dynamic field of reflection, movement, and visual transformation. The reflected fragments of sky that dance across the interior walls bring natural light and color into the deepest parts of the building — areas normally untouched by the sun. In doing so, Light becomes both a spatial intervention and a quiet celebration of phenomena we often overlook: the play of light, the passing of time, and the invisible forces that shape what we see.

“Light is only seen when reflected.” This deceptively simple observation forms the conceptual foundation of Light, a site-responsive installation commissioned for the courtyard of the international headquarters of Clarks Shoes. Inspired by the phenomenon of light beams becoming visible only when scattered by airborne dust, the work imagines two shafts of light entering the courtyard and travelling through space. These imagined beams are made tangible by thousands of small reflective discs, suspended to catch and redirect sunlight across the surfaces of the courtyard. As daylight moves overhead, the discs cast shifting patterns of light, color, and shadow onto walls, floors, and previously unlit architectural surfaces. By using the building’s own structure as a canvas, Light blurs the boundary between artwork and environment. It is not simply placed in the space — it completes it. The installation invites viewers to experience the courtyard not as a static architectural volume, but as a dynamic field of reflection, movement, and visual transformation. The reflected fragments of sky that dance across the interior walls bring natural light and color into the deepest parts of the building — areas normally untouched by the sun. In doing so, Light becomes both a spatial intervention and a quiet celebration of phenomena we often overlook: the play of light, the passing of time, and the invisible forces that shape what we see.

Photo: Studio Roso

Chandelier for the Hampton Court Palace

Chandelier for the exhibition “Secrets of the Royal bed chambers “at Hampton Court Palace by the London-based design agency, Universal Design Studio. 

The chandelier is site specific for the palace and is a dramatic modern ‘take’ on a baroque chandelier. It borrows elements from the Baroque period in the form of the magnificence, brilliance and the use of effect and illusion and chiaroscuro .

It is symbolically placed in a stairwell, which marks the transition from Tudor style to Baroque style in the palace. 

Photo: Studio Roso

Reflektor was created for Lumiere London 2018, transforming the heart of St James’s Market into a dynamic field of shifting light. Continuing Studio Roso’s ongoing exploration of mirrored surfaces, the work plays with reflection as both material and medium, responding to the surrounding city and its changing conditions.

Reflectors are traditionally used in lighting to shape beams with precision. Here, Studio Roso embraces their unpredictability, breaking apart controlled light into fractured patterns that scatter across the urban landscape. The resulting “cacophony” of reflections resists engineering, instead offering moments of wonder that slip just beyond control.

The installation exists in two parts: the carefully designed physical structure and the fleeting, ephemeral play of reflections it generates. As daylight shifts to nightfall, and artificial light replaces the sun, the artwork evolves — its surfaces reacting to weather, colour, and movement in the environment.

In this interplay between design and chance, Reflektor becomes less an object than an event: a catalyst for light and reflection, constantly remade by the city that surrounds it.

Photo: Studio Roso

Sculpture inspired by the familiar ritual of swirling a glass of whiskey when enjoyed. Studio Roso was commissioned by the Scottish whiskey brand Famous Grouse to create a sculpture which would capture the notion of collaboration, participation and the idea of craft meeting science. The sculpture had to convey all the answers to the question: “What makes you famous”, received from people online. These where then stenciled into copper rings that overall forms like the tornado like swirl, frozen in space reaching 5m in height and 4.5×4.5m in foot print. A lighting robot sat inside and lit up individual answers that projected onto the side walls. The copper rings created caustics on the floor , similar to caustics from a glass. This was a collaborative project with London based digital studio ‘Marshmallow Laser Feast’ and robotics designer Ruairi Glynn, for the whisky brand Famous Grouse and AMV BBDO.

Photo: Sandra Ciampone

Temporary lighting piece. Art intervention/ hack at night in the Barbican Center, London. 

Part of Studio Roso’s research into light integrated in architecture. This project shows a new direction of the work of Studio Roso where light in conjunction with architecture takes centre stage. 

Photo: Studio Roso

Created for WWF’s Pandamonium 2 charity show, Waterlife is a performative sculpture in the form of a dress that brings attention to the urgent issue of global water preservation.

Water, the single most vital element for life on earth, is both the subject and medium of the piece. A flowing white dress, when touched by water, undergoes a dramatic transformation — blossoming into bursts of colour through the use of hydrochromic inks. This moment of change makes visible the hidden role water plays in sustaining life, embodying both fragility and renewal.

Presented alongside works by leading international artists and designers including Zaha Hadid, Hussein Chalayan, Stuart Haygarth, Sian Evans, and Idris Khan, Waterlife contributed to a collective call for environmental awareness and action.

Through its poetic use of material and transformation, the work celebrates water as the essence of life while underscoring its threatened future.

Photography: Jim Naughten

Hanging Sculpture, Entrance Atrium, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York

The sculpture Vitals welcomes patients, visitors, and staff into the heart of the new hospital. Suspended in the light-filled atrium, it transforms a familiar medical symbol into an artwork of reflection and beauty.

At its core, the piece draws inspiration from the visual language of a heart monitor — one of the most immediate representations of human health. Translating this graphic signal into three-dimensional form, the sculpture traces the rhythms of three essential life indicators: heart rate, oxygen level, and respiration.

Rather than offering scientific accuracy, Vitals works as an abstraction — a poetic interpretation of the data streams that measure and sustain life. Its flowing, wave-like forms hover between technology and nature, precision and emotion.

In this way, the sculpture embodies the hospital’s spirit: a place where advanced medical expertise meets profound human care. Vitals acts as both a symbol and a gesture, reminding all who pass beneath it of the fragility, resilience, and interconnectedness of life.

Photo: Todd Mason / Halkin Mason Photography

Winner an international competition to create a public artwork for the new Town Hall in Surrey, Vancouver, BC, Canada. The project’s theme was “Democracy,” interpreted as the collective power of many—achieving together what individuals cannot accomplish alone. Democracy also embodies care, unity, and shared strength. To express this concept, we drew inspiration from nature, specifically flock behavior. Certain bird species, like starlings, form swarms that move as one organic entity. Without a leader, the flock shifts and adapts collectively, making it difficult for predators to target individuals. This phenomenon illustrates the power and intelligence of collective behavior, studied across various scientific fields. The artwork, titled Together, represents a flock of birds that appears to have flown into the City Hall’s large atrium. The flock’s movement is “frozen” in mid-flight, forming a dynamic, flowing shape that seems to expand and contract as viewers move around it at different levels of the building. This installation serves as a physical manifestation of democracy, symbolizing unity, strength, and shared purpose, while engaging visitors with its dynamic interplay of motion and form.

Photo: Scott Massey

First of two mirrors for Fritz Hansen. By experimenting with using well known, low cost steel corrosion treatments on high grade stainless steel, we came about a halo effect that ‘frames’ the mirror. Both functional object and artwork this expands on what a domestic, mass produced furnishings can be.

Photo: Various

Domestic Mirror for Fritz Hansen

From hand painted aquarelle graphics Studio Roso has created these wall mounted pieces of special semi-transparent glass that beautifully mirror the spectator. 

The process of obtaining a mirror-like effect on glass resulted in a unique appearance and a great example of Studio Roso’s way of working with breaking light. 

The reflection is defined by the surrounding light and the spectator’s perspective. 

The mirrors can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Each of the three shapes are geometrically round ensuring a soft frame with a spectacular content. 

Photo: Various

For Christmas 2024, Studio Roso was invited to reimagine their celebrated Christmas tree installation first created for the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The result is a striking 33-foot sculpture that stands as both a festive icon and a monumental work of contemporary art.

Designed specifically for the grandeur of Longwood’s Conservatory, the tree translates traditional holiday motifs into a contemporary language of geometry, light, and material. Constructed from approximately 5,500 feet of white elastic cord and composed of around 1,000 interlocking shapes, its sweeping silhouette echoes garlands and baubles while shimmering with the delicacy of snowflakes and icicles.

Illuminated from above and below, the installation comes alive in shifting light. Crystalline shadows ripple across the floor, amplifying the tree’s intricate structure and drawing viewers into a dynamic play between stillness and motion.

Set among living firs and ivory poinsettias, the sculpture harmonizes with its natural surroundings, offering visitors a moment of wonder and reflection during the holiday season. Built on-site in collaboration with Longwood Gardens’ expert team and members of the community, the installation celebrates craft, collaboration, and the timeless spirit of the holidays.

Photo: Sue Hare / Laurie Carozzini / Hank Davis

Chandeliers made from F&M iconic spoons. For Fortnum & Masons store in Terminal 5 Heathrow airport, Studio Roso created two stunning chandeliers that used original moulds of Fortnum’s unique teaspoons, to provide a focal point.

Each spoon was individually pressed into shape in mirror polished stainless steel. The chandeliers were hand assembled to resemble clouds suspended in the store. 

Photo: Studio Roso

Chandeliers made from F&M iconic spoons. For Fortnum & Masons store in Terminal 5 Heathrow airport, Studio Roso created two stunning chandeliers that used original moulds of Fortnum’s unique teaspoons, to provide a focal point.

Each spoon was individually pressed into shape in mirror polished stainless steel. The chandeliers were hand assembled to resemble clouds suspended in the store. 

Photo: Andrew Meredith / Studio Roso

Multiple Chandeliers and sconces in an Italian flagship store for a world renowned jeweller.

Full turnkey product, including concept and design.

Studio Roso did 5 locations around the world – France, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, Malaysia and is proud to have made and delivered some of the largest retail chandeliers in the world.

Photo: Studio Roso

3 tons / 10m glass chandelier over 3 floors in a Italian flagship store for a world renowned jeweller.

Full turnkey product, including concept and design.

Studio Roso did 5 locations around the world – France, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom, Malaysia and is proud to have made and delivered some of the largest retail chandeliers in the world.

Photo: Studio Roso

Gracefully suspended above the Pearl Café, this monumental whale sculpture by Studio Roso is the largest and most prolific artwork aboard Icon of the Seas—the world’s largest cruise ship. Crafted from hundreds of hand-worked, shimmering metal elements, the sculpture draws the eye with its organic form and intricate surface, echoing the play of light and water throughout the ship’s central atrium.

Studio Roso’s whale is both a feat of engineering and a tribute to the ocean’s gentle giants. Its perforated metal skin glitters with patterns inspired by corals, shells, and underwater flora, catching ever-changing rays of daylight and the café’s subtle illumination. The whale appears to glide above visitors, accompanied by a swarm of abstracted, silver sea forms that suggest bubbles and marine life moving in harmony with the currents.

More than a centerpiece, the artwork embodies the wonder of ocean exploration and the spirit of connection between nature and human creativity. It invites guests to pause, look upward, and reflect on the vast beauty of the sea—an enduring muse for seafarers and artists alike. With this breathtaking installation, Studio Roso transforms the Pearl Café into a sanctuary of awe and inspiration, capturing the essence of the voyage itself.

Photo: MDM props Middle East

Studio Roso: “Butterfly Canopy” and “Oceanic Forms”

Atriums, Forward and Aft, Icon of the Seas

At the heart of Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, Studio Roso transforms the atrium spaces with two immersive installations—effortlessly bridging art, architecture, and the vibrant pulse of nature.

In both the forward and aft atria, Studio Roso’s “Butterfly Canopy” weaves a poetic story above—delicate, iridescent butterflies in shades of emerald, jade, and sunlit amber, patterned and cut from shimmering metal, take flight in sculptural streams across the ceiling. Each butterfly is unique, collectively suspended in a graceful, swirling flow that echoes the ship’s journey and the freedom of the open sea. The artwork’s interplay with natural and architectural light creates a dynamic, ever-changing spectacle, drawing guests to look upward and reflect on transformation and possibility.

Beneath this aerial migration, the “Oceanic Forms” sculpture anchors the space with sinuous, organic masses forged from contrasting materials. Merging weathered green patina and reflective polished metal, the biomorphic form conjures the duality of land and sea, echoing both ocean currents and ancient geological formations. The tactile surface rewards close viewing, inviting passengers to pause and immerse themselves in a world that feels at once familiar and fantastical.

Together, these installations embody Studio Roso’s signature celebration of light, movement, and nature’s intricate beauty—connecting travelers to the spirit of adventure and renewal that defines every voyage on Icon of the Seas.

Photo: MDM props Middle east

Studio Roso: “Butterfly Canopy” and “Oceanic Forms”

Atriums, Forward and Aft, Icon of the Seas

At the heart of Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, Studio Roso transforms the atrium spaces with two immersive installations—effortlessly bridging art, architecture, and the vibrant pulse of nature.

In both the forward and aft atria, Studio Roso’s “Butterfly Canopy” weaves a poetic story above—delicate, iridescent butterflies in shades of emerald, jade, and sunlit amber, patterned and cut from shimmering metal, take flight in sculptural streams across the ceiling. Each butterfly is unique, collectively suspended in a graceful, swirling flow that echoes the ship’s journey and the freedom of the open sea. The artwork’s interplay with natural and architectural light creates a dynamic, ever-changing spectacle, drawing guests to look upward and reflect on transformation and possibility.

Beneath this aerial migration, the “Oceanic Forms” sculpture anchors the space with sinuous, organic masses forged from contrasting materials. Merging weathered green patina and reflective polished metal, the biomorphic form conjures the duality of land and sea, echoing both ocean currents and ancient geological formations. The tactile surface rewards close viewing, inviting passengers to pause and immerse themselves in a world that feels at once familiar and fantastical.

Together, these installations embody Studio Roso’s signature celebration of light, movement, and nature’s intricate beauty—connecting travelers to the spirit of adventure and renewal that defines every voyage on Icon of the Seas.

Photo: MDM props Middle east

Nestled within Central Park on Icon of the Seas—the world’s largest cruise ship—Studio Roso’s “Butterfly Grove” merges art, architecture, and the vibrant spirit of nature into a breathtaking installation. This lush composition features delicately crafted butterflies arrayed in flight across a hand-painted botanical mural, fusing sculptural artistry with the ship’s natural oasis.

Each butterfly is meticulously sculpted from metal and individually coloured, their wings poised as if about to flutter away from the wall’s cascade of oversized green, yellow, and blue leaves. The interplay of painted foliage and dimensional butterflies blurs the line between surface and space, drawing guests into a whispered narrative of transformation and renewal. It also connects to the indoor atrium installations furthering the butterfly motif used here.

The vibrant installation enlivens Central Park’s tranquil atmosphere, inviting visitors to pause, observe, and engage. The shimmering wings catch natural and ambient light, echoing the ever-changing beauty of a real garden. Through this poetic encounter, Studio Roso’s “Butterfly Grove” celebrates both the natural marvel of the butterfly and the spirit of exploration that defines every journey aboard Icon of the Seas.

Photo: Peter Guenzel

In 2011, Studio Roso was invited to create the annual Christmas Tree installation for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London — part of the museum’s ongoing winter commission series. Previous contributors to this prestigious program include Tord Boontje, Alexander McQueen, Jasper Conran, and Matthew Williamson. Studio Roso’s response was a luminous sculptural structure inspired by the intricate craft of bobbin lace — a delicate Italian technique dating back to the 16th century, traditionally associated with festive decoration. Reimagining this heritage through a contemporary lens, the artists constructed a tree entirely by hand using 5 kilometers of fine elastic cord. Standing four meters tall, the tree’s form is composed of 1,500 individual strands that trace the familiar silhouette of a traditional evergreen. Within this linear framework, geometric voids take shape — echoing the crystalline structures of snowflakes, icicles, and classic Christmas ornaments. The result is both minimal and ornate: a lace-like sculpture suspended in space, drawing light and shadow into delicate tension. At once architectural and ethereal, the installation offers a modern meditation on tradition — honouring the past through material poetry and craft translated into contemporary form.

Photo: James Medcraft

Stretching through the luminous atrium of KT Jayang Building, Studio Roso’s monumental installation transforms the architecture into a three-dimensional tapestry of connection. Composed of thousands of suspended geometric elements, this expansive artwork visualizes the invisible forces that define our hyper-connected era—whether signals of digital data or the myriad linkages between people themselves.

The concept takes inspiration from the telecommunications core of KT and evokes the intricate beauty of a network. Arranged in precise mathematical patterns across multiple stories of glass and steel, colored forms radiate outward like pulses or nodes, bridging the gap between art, science, and the rhythm of city life. From each vantage point, the structure shifts: seen head-on, it becomes a dynamic starburst; from other angles, a cascade of intersecting lines and fields, echoing both technological grids and natural forms.

Within the sculpture there are three large spherical shapes and these as well as the main body, changes color as the viewer moves around the balustrades and levels in the space

By making the invisible visible, Studio Roso invites visitors to reflect on the networks—digital, social, and emotional—that power both the building and the community it supports. Floating and ever-shifting with the play of light and movement, the installation honors the vibrance of coexistence in modern Seoul and the limitless possibilities woven by human and technological connection.

Burst of discs in Syon Park hotel central court yard. Eden is part of a series of suspended installations in which Studio Roso explore the use of light, shadow and reflection to imitate, comment or recreate observations from the surroundings.

Eden is situated in the ballroom courtyard of the Syon Park Waldorf Astoria Hotel in west London. Syon Park which is part of the garden of Syon House, home of the Duke of Northumberland, borders the Thames and contains more than 200 species of rare trees which is part of the inspiration for the piece. The installation is situated outdoors in the an internal court yard in connection with the hotels main ballroom. Like a giant spray of water or a burst of champagne the installation explodes into the courtyard as if it was taking part in the celebrations of a newly married couple inside the ballroom.

Light filters through the installation and an ephemeral play of light and shadow is cast on the surroundings even stretching into the surrounding spaces. Eden makes a subtle chime like sound in the wind, much like leaves rustling or water spray falling to the ground, making the courtyard a truly ephemeral space. The piece follows the seasons as the discs mirror their surroundings. They will have the bright blue and yellow colors of a summers day, a steely gray of the autumn, the white and blue on a snowy day and the pink tones of a sunrise in the spring.

Photo: James Medcraft

Telstar is a monumental 34ft high mirror-faceted soccer sculpture created for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It’s a playful, aesthetic take on the iconic, multi-panelled adidas Telstar football, designed in 1968 by Danish footballer Egil Nielsen, who named it after the similarly shaped Telstar Satellite. Constructed from mirrored stainless steel, clad onto a steel and aluminium base,

32 panels are arranged in a spherical, cohesive, aligned system where all pieces are equal. Sitting on the ground outside the stadium, this impactful work creates an immediate, intimate relationship with the thousands of passing fans uniting people, nature and architecture in a fragmented collage, the Mercedes-Benz stadium is home to two popular, highly regarded teams – the Atlanta Falcons (American football) and Atlanta United (soccer). The other major artwork commissioned was a huge falcon sculpture to celebrate the Falcons, and we were asked by Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta United, to create a fitting sculpture for his newly acquired soccer team.

Photo: Studio Roso

Lobby artwork in Ames Hotel, Boston

Set in the very first skyscraper build in Boston by Ames Shovel Company in 1893, the hotel presents a unique mix between new and old, contemporary and vintage.

Studio Roso looked in this commission to establish and strengthen existing features in the building, to merge space and installation.

The brief dictated that the chandelier could only touch the building in a narrow band 10 ft. height, thereby leaving the listed, vaulted ceiling untouched.

Studio Roso created a branch structure with three 

attachment points on which 12.000 metallized discs are suspended. The branch references both the physical and ephemeral qualities of nature and complements the floral pattern in the original mosaic ceiling.

Seen directly from below, the chandelier appears transparent and slim allowing an almost unobstructed view to the mosaic ceiling. Viewed from any other angle the chandelier is a rich volume, and appears as a flowing cloud.

The discs can move and whenever a guest enters the space, any wind or turbulence created make the discs flicker and move, creating dynamic shadows and reflections turning the lobby into an ever changing, dynamic, theatrical space. 

Photo: Studio Roso

Commissioned to mark the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to Aarhus for her Diamond Jubilee, Memory reflects on the passing of time, shared experience, and the traces we leave behind. The work occupies the curved façade of a shopping centre where a beloved copper birch once stood — a tree so significant that the building was originally shaped around it. After the tree fell ill and was removed, Studio Roso was invited to create an artwork that would honor its memory and the site’s emotional resonance. The sculpture appears as the ghost of the tree — a fossil-like imprint left on the wall, as though its shadow had been burned into the surface. Composed of mirrored stainless steel ‘leaves’, the form follows the curve of the architecture, catching and reflecting the surrounding environment. It creates a quiet dialogue between nature, time, and the built landscape. On the day of the unveiling, the artists had the honor of presenting the work to Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness Prince Philip. A brooch, designed in the same visual language as the sculpture, was gifted to the Queen to commemorate the occasion.

Photo: Studio Roso

Studio Roso’s custom chandelier for the 70-meter yacht Seasence is installed above the master bed, creating a striking focal point in the owner’s suite. Crafted from polished metal elements clustered in an organic composition, the piece reflects light subtly throughout the room, complementing the contemporary luxury of the interior. This sculptural feature highlights the yacht’s dedication to bespoke craftsmanship and design excellence, bringing a refined sense of artistry to life at sea.

Photo: Client

Telstar is a monumental 34ft high mirror-faceted soccer sculpture created for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It’s a playful, aesthetic take on the iconic, multi-panelled adidas Telstar football, designed in 1968 by Danish footballer Egil Nielsen, who named it after the similarly shaped Telstar Satellite. Constructed from mirrored stainless steel, clad onto a steel and aluminium base,

32 panels are arranged in a spherical, cohesive, aligned system where all pieces are equal. Sitting on the ground outside the stadium, this impactful work creates an immediate, intimate relationship with the thousands of passing fans uniting people, nature and architecture in a fragmented collage, the Mercedes-Benz stadium is home to two popular, highly regarded teams – the Atlanta Falcons (American football) and Atlanta United (soccer). The other major artwork commissioned was a huge falcon sculpture to celebrate the Falcons, and we were asked by Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta United, to create a fitting sculpture for his newly acquired soccer team.

Photo: Client

Telstar is a monumental 34ft high mirror-faceted soccer sculpture created for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. It’s a playful, aesthetic take on the iconic, multi-panelled adidas Telstar football, designed in 1968 by Danish footballer Egil Nielsen, who named it after the similarly shaped Telstar Satellite. Constructed from mirrored stainless steel, clad onto a steel and aluminium base,

32 panels are arranged in a spherical, cohesive, aligned system where all pieces are equal. Sitting on the ground outside the stadium, this impactful work creates an immediate, intimate relationship with the thousands of passing fans uniting people, nature and architecture in a fragmented collage, the Mercedes-Benz stadium is home to two popular, highly regarded teams – the Atlanta Falcons (American football) and Atlanta United (soccer). The other major artwork commissioned was a huge falcon sculpture to celebrate the Falcons, and we were asked by Arthur Blank, owner of Atlanta United, to create a fitting sculpture for his newly acquired soccer team.

Photo: Jonathan Hillyer