Gallery: 3 Ingenious Designs That Will Fool Your Eyes

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    Paul Cocksedge Studio / Friedman Benda Gallery

    Paul Cockedge’s new show, *Capture*, is full of perception-tweaking pieces that are made possible because of the fusion between science and design. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    *Poised* is 1,000 lbs of steel precisely twisted so it balances on its edges, poised like a ballerina on tip toes. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    Mark Cocksedge
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    Paul Cocksedge Studio - Dome Light

    Capture is a hollow dome that appears to hold light. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    'Capture' By Paul Cocksedge Studio - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, 2013

    The idea was to create a lighting fixture that totally hid away its infrastructure. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    'Capture' By Paul Cocksedge Studio - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, 2013

    It looks as though the light is captured inside a film across the opening of the dome. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    'Capture' By Paul Cocksedge Studio - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, 2013

    In fact, you can reach up inside the piece. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    'Capture' By Paul Cocksedge Studio - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, 2013

    As the panels crossfade from colored to warm white light, the lighting in the room remains totally the same. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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    'Capture' By Paul Cocksedge Studio - Friedman Benda Gallery, New York, 2013

    Cocksedge's *White Light* installation exposes the phenomenon of colored light appearing as white light. Each LED was painstakingly placed on the ceiling in order to blend their colors into the white light you actually see. *Image: Paul Cocksedge Studio*
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