Planisphaerium: a rotating planisphere for Anima Oniris
Bespoke commission
Arts and culture
Games, toys and leisure products
Cutting and fretwork, Creasing and scoring, Printing
Paper and card
The project
Planisphaerium is a planisphere by Anima Oniris, an arts and crafts shop that develops handmade projects. It allows users to look up the constellations visible from their location at a given time of year. Archicercle contributed to the production of its two components: the constellation disc and the outer sleeve.
The set combines a circular piece with a sleeve into which it fits and within which it can rotate. This sleeve is part of how the planisphere works and also serves as its packaging, rather than being a separate wrapper.
The pieces are made from blue paper in different weights, with gold and white screen printing. The constellation map and the graphics across the set share the same colour palette.
At Archicercle, we laser-cut both the disc and the sleeve and engraved the lines needed for creasing and folding. The studio’s contribution focused on these operations on the paper, defining the outlines of the pieces and the lines along which the sleeve folds.
Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.
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