CreativeWorkStudios has partnered with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® and the Polaris Program, and its first mission Polaris Dawn, to vividly raise awareness about the challenges and solutions to the problems the human body faces in space. The crew of Polaris Dawn is pushing humanity to new heights, highlighting the groundbreaking work being done by St. Jude, that is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.
In this exciting collaboration, celebrated visionary Ross Lovegrove brings a unique approach to interpreting the crew’s experiences in flight, visualizing the knowledge gained from reaching Earth’s orbit and from experimental data collected during this one-of-a-kind mission. Ross aims to challenge our understanding of what it means to be human in the harshest environments, exploring the new frontier of space research. This partnership will illuminate how the Polaris Program pushes the boundaries of knowledge in space just as St. Jude does on Earth.
Polaris Dawn, the first of up to three spaceflights in the Polaris Program, endeavors to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities by demonstrating new technologies and conducting extensive scientific research. The 36 selected projects from 31 partner institutions are designed to enhance human health both on Earth and during future long-duration spaceflights.
Ross Lovegrove will create original artworks based on the data and experiences from the flight, available for anyone interested in owning a piece of this historic journey. These artworks will further draw attention to the scientific research conducted for the benefit of all humanity, capturing and sharing the unique sensations and experiences of the Polaris Dawn mission.
50% of sales will go to the lifesaving mission of St. Jude:
Finding cures. Saving children.®
As Far Away, So Deep Within
“The vision and objective of "As Far Away, So Deep Within" is to represent and showcase with phygital pieces the pioneering endeavours of human space travel. This series is a profound expression of human health and endurance within the context of our space environment, and narrated through innovative interpretation of real data from the Polaris Dawn mission.
Each artwork in this collection is an intricate fusion of the scientific and the artistic. The series utilises medical and environmental information obtained during the Polaris Dawn mission, transforming these elements into beautifully-curious and thought-provoking 2D and 3D artworks. The collection transcends traditional art forms, offering viewers a unique insight into the complexities of human physiology in space and the critical importance of space exploration for future scientific advancements.
"As Far Away, So Deep Within" aims to be not only a visual spectacle but also an educational experience. It serves as an intellectual bridge connecting empirical realities of space travel with the aesthetic of art exploration.
Complementary exhibitions will invite audiences to engage with a narrative that is as much about human resilience and potential as it is about the beauty of complex scientific data. The collection stands as a testament to the symbiotic relationship between art and science, cognitive intuition and factual analytics, underscoring the role of artistic interpretation in advancing public understanding and awareness of critical scientific subjects.”
Photo: Polaris Program / John Kraus
Polaris Program / John Kraus
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Polaris Dawn is the first of three human spaceflights under the Polaris Program. The program is named after Polaris, a constellation of three stars more commonly known as the North Star, which has been a guiding light throughout human history to help us navigate the world and inspire progress.
The mission is in support of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital®
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HIGH ALTITUDE
This SpaceX Dragon mission will take advantage of Falcon 9 and Dragon’s maximum performance, flying higher than any Dragon mission to date and endeavouring to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown. Orbiting through portions of the Van Allen radiation belt, Polaris Dawn will conduct research with the aim of better understanding the effects of spaceflight and space radiation on human health.
FIRST COMMERCIAL SPACEWALK
At approximately 700 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, upgraded from the current intravehicular (IVA) suit. Building a base on the Moon and a city on Mars will require thousands of spacesuits; the development of this suit and the execution of the EVA will be important steps toward a scalable design for spacesuits on future long-duration missions.
IN-SPACE COMMUNICATIONS
The Polaris Dawn crew will be the first crew to test Starlink laser-based communications in space, providing valuable data for future space communications systems necessary for missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
HEALTH IMPACT RESEARCH
While in orbit, the crew will conduct scientific research designed to advance both human health on Earth and our understanding of human health during future long-duration spaceflights. This research is detailed on the Polaris Dawn website: Polaris Dawn Science & Research.
To learn more, visit the Polaris Dawn Website and follow the mission:
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was largely considered incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.
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Ross is a renowned visionary, creator, experimental thinker and sculptor of technology working under his own DNA philosophy: Design, Nature, Art.
He is one of the world's most acclaimed and influential industrial ad product designers, renowned for his use of cutting-edge technology to produce futuristic, organic forms. He has applied his signature style to everything – from fragrance bottles to bicycles, chairs to lighting, bathroom sets to speakers, staircases to concept cars. His kaleidoscopic design portfolio spans both the 20th and 21st centuries and continue to surprise and inspire, gracing arts and cultural institutions worldwide.
Ross describes himself as an ‘evolutionary biologist’ but also a visionary and a sculptor of technology, defining a new genesis of how we can harness the incredible potential of planetary resources to create economic, fat free, lean and efficient products. Born 1958, Ross Lovegrove graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial design in 1980 and took a Master of Design at the Royal College of Art, London in 1983. In the early 80’s worked as a designer for Frog Design in West Germany on tech projects for companies like Sony and Apple; he later moved to Paris as a consultant to Knoll International, for which he created the highly successful Alessandri Office System.
Invited to join the Atelier de Nimes in 1984, alongside Jean Nouvel and Phillipe Stark, he consulted amongst others: Cacharel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. Returning to London in 1986 he has since worked on projects for Airbus Industries, Kartell, Ceccotti, Cappellini, Moroso, Luceplan, Driade, Peugeot, Apple, Issey Miyake, Vitra, Motorola, Biomega, LVMH, Narciso Rodriguez, Yamagiwa, Tag Heuer, Swarovski, Herman Miller, Artemide, Renault, Japan Airlines, Toyo Ito Architects, Kenzo, Valextra, GH Mumm, LG, F1, Mameha Skin, Samsung and KEF.
Winner of numerous international awards his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre Japan, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London, when in 1993 he curated the first permanent Design collection. His work is held in permanent collections of various design museums around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MOMA), the Design Museum in London, the Vitra Design Museum, in Basel, the Die Neue Sammlung, in Munich and the Centre Pompidou, in Paris.
The Centre Pompidou recognised that Ross Lovegrove’s unique vision of Design was representative of how the transition from the 20th to 21st Century would play out. In 2016 it hosted a 1000 sqm exhibition of his work entitled ‘Convergence’. How science, technology, art, anthropology and ecology can converge to drive a new but intelligent approach in design with truly new aesthetics and physiognomy.
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