The Lake of Shimmer Swarovski's installation at the Baselworld 2009 designed by Tokujin Yoshioka is a beautiful piece that reacts to its environment. Each octagon pivots along an axis above its center of gravity. While the octagon hangs, any change in air pressure either caused by someone walking or just a breeze in the atrium will force the octagon to swing. The mirrored surface and tight array of moving elements creates an image of a pool of water with light reflecting off the surface. Unfortunately, Swarovski was inclined to electronically control the movement along the wall's surface. By computer programming ripples and water drops, the beauty and grace of organic air and fluid movement is lost. Swarovski aimed to exhibit "Poetry in Precision", but the beauty of lakes is their ambiguous nature and organic undulations.
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