Colorful Vinyl Tape Striped Stairs by Jim Lambie

We've been inspired by Jim Lambie before on Apartment Therapy - our posts on his installations at MoMA and the Museum of Fine Arts showed him creating his signature patterns on floors and walls, respectively. Today we look at some stairs given the Lambie treatment...

...entitled "Zobop (Metallic Color Stairs)" from 2005.

The stairway patterns take on a completely different feel from his expansive flooring projects, where Lambie creates the movement and angles of the pattern at his discretion on a flat surface - here, the stripes are forced to follow the dimensions of the stairs.

If you like the look and are wondering whether this idea is truly DIY-able, check out Stephanie's kitchen - she did a Lambie-style installation to cover the existing "ugly cracked green linoleum".

More Jim Lambie on Apartment Therapy:

Jim Lambie: A Great DIY Flooring Project at MoMA

Jim Lambie's Wall Installation

Roomark: Stephanie's Jim Lambie Kitchen

More Jim Lambie on the Web:

Anton Kern

The Modern Institute

Wikipedia

Creative Review

Images: via Freshome

Comments (10)

Wow, that looks stunning!

posted by visualingual on September 14th 2009 at 10:16am
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There's something about this that gives me a touch of vertigo.

posted by slowdown on September 14th 2009 at 10:21am
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You and me both, @slowdown.

posted by LSUgrad03 on September 14th 2009 at 10:53am
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While I'm not a total fan of the 'look,' I have to admire the technique!

posted by mirandabee on September 14th 2009 at 11:08am
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This reminds me of the Rainbow Road track on Mario Kart. :p

posted by undercover on September 14th 2009 at 11:15am
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OMG - second the Rainbow Road on Mario Kart - spot on!

Also - third on the vertigo. While it looks original and cool, I'm afraid I will fall on my face everytime I use those stairs, especially that last step!

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posted by bitdot on September 14th 2009 at 11:49am
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Not practical, but absolutely beautiful! Might I add, "trippy" ;¬)

posted by MissBalzac on September 14th 2009 at 12:27pm
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I would never make it past those stairs after a night of drinking.

posted by EasilyAmused on September 14th 2009 at 1:53pm
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that's a fabulous stair treatment for a residence...but not legal in public buildings as it doesn't comply with ADA requirements. i'd love to do something like this in my own home. before i read the article, just based on the picture, i thought "paul smith". lol.

posted by davidsl on September 14th 2009 at 2:50pm
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Oh I love this...it's brilliant. Would love to know how long this took.

posted by muirwoods08 on September 20th 2009 at 9:50pm
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