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# John Pawson’s Perspectives
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/john-pawson-8217-s-perspectives/
- Published: 2011-09-23T12:46:11.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:03:18.000Z
- Description: One of the most striking features at this year’s London Design Festival has been architect John Pawson’s installation inside St Paul’s cathedral.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

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One of the most striking features at this year’s [London Design Festival](http://www.londondesignfestival.com/?ref=protein.xyz) has been architect [John Pawson](http://www.johnpawson.com/?ref=protein.xyz)’s installation inside St Paul’s cathedral. The striking old landmark has opened its doors to the festival for the first time, as Pawson, working alongside Swarovski, has suspended a huge lens into the building’s rarely seen Geometric Staircase.

The installation, fittingly named Perspectives, involves what is the largest lens possible to manufacture and adorns the space, providing a stunning view as the spherical convex mirror warps 23m of staircase. The perspective has never before been seen by a human eye and promises to display Christopher Wren’s architecture in a truly unique light as it goes into its tercentenary year.

The project is part of the [Swarovski Crystal Palace](http://www.swarovskicrystalpalace.com/?ref=protein.xyz) project, a creative initiative attempting to create innovative ways of changing the dynamic of cut crystals with light. The exhibit runs through until mid January next year.

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