Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2012 by Allison Byers
Alongside collections of everyday objects like light-switch covers and felt bags, Rachel Gant’s SF Design Week offerings earlier this month were decidedly in-season. She was showing a series of bags that convert into picnic blankets, and in the store’s window, she put a giant spinning top on display. It was still light out when the evening event started, and I surely wasn’t the only one eying the combo for a final bit of fun before dusk.
The 20-pound top is Gant’s California College of the Arts thesis project, and its impressive size is by design. Gant wanted the top to take two to operate, one person to hold on to the top itself and another to yank the 15-foot string.