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Yesterday, Banksy left his mark in the South Wales town of Port Talbot, his first in the UK nation. The area drew attention earlier this year when a World Health Organization report named it the most polluted community in the UK...
This past month the Amsterdam Light Festival (previously) opened its seven year, inviting visitors to observe 29 light-based works by international artists, designers, and architects along the canals and throughout the historical center of the city. Artworks were inspired by this...
Completed in 1994, Dromeas or “The Runner,” is a 40-foot-tall public sculpture created by Greek artist Costas Varotsos. The densely layered work is formed from thousands of jagged shards of greenish-grey glass which are stacked around iron in the formation of a...
A twisting set of floating copper staircases intertwine at the main entrance of Copenhagen’s new science and technology center, the Experimentarium. The museum, and its four-story Helix staircases, were designed by Danish architecture studio CEBRA who wanted to create a subtle nod...
The Art Institute of Chicago recently announced the release of tens of thousands of images from their collection to the public domain, providing high resolution access to the thick paint strokes of Van Gogh’s “The Bedroom,” the eerie light of Edvard...
Founded in 2013 by 18-year-old (at the time) inventor Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit organization that’s working to clean up our oceans by removing plastic. After five years of rigorous design and testing, the Cleanup’s cleaning apparatus, called...
French-Argentine artist and designer Pablo Reinoso has been designing and fabricating sculptural benches since he was just 15. Throughout his nearly five decades as an artist he has explored several iterations of both seating and sculptural forms, including his two most...
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Carved Surfaces on Ceramics by Sean Forest Roberts Reveal Surprising Streaks of Color
Multi-layered ceramics by Sean Forest Roberts reveal surprising streaks of color and pattern beneath their smooth monochrome surfaces. Roberts, who operates as Forest Ceramic Company, mixes...
Fun Murals by Reskate Contain
Here’s a fun series of murals from Spanish art and design studio Reskate Arts & Crafts, each containing a hidden second artwork that appears...
Cleaf Nobilitare il nobilitato Exhibition by Aldo Cibic in Lissone, Italy
“Nobilitare il nobilitato” (Ennobling melamine faced panels) is the project-installation born out of an idea by Cleaf, the Italian producer of surfaces for the...
Self Portraits Embroidered With Images of Blood Vessels, Bones, and Muscle Tissue by Juana...
Artist Juana Gómez turns her gaze inward in order to understand the larger systems that compose the outside world. She embroiders the bones, muscles, veins, and...
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Detailed Portraits of Animals Combine Intricate Layers and Decorative Flourishes
The newest series by Manila-based paper artist Patrick Cabral features three white animals detailed with elements of black and gold. A pink nose serves as a...
Quirky Interventions by Octavi Serra Question the Rules of Public Spaces
Octavi Serra uses the structures and symbolism of public spaces to question the systems we live with and find humor in their details. The Barcelona-based...
Landscapes of Glistening Digital Rectangles Formed and Subdivided by Algorithms
Dimitris Ladopoulos creates random geometric patterns based on four-sided-forms by implementing an algorithm in the 3D animation program Houdini. The resulting designs look like intricate...
Carefully Molded Paper is Shaped into Personality-Filled Animal Portraits by Tiffany...
Colorado-based wildlife artist and natural history illustrator Tiffany Miller Russell uses carefully molded paper to express the unique characteristics of her animal subjects. To start the...
Time-Lapse Video of Woodworker Keith Williams Shows How Flat Plywood Boards...
Woodworker Keith Williams of Oddball Gallery in Minier, Illinois creates geodesic spheres that balance math and art. Each sculptural form is created from 170 wood triangles...
A Clever Twist on the Donation-Based Community Library Gives New Life...
Thanks to the nonprofit Little Free Library, chances are you have encountered a small house-like structure on a public thoroughfare, with a front door that...
Kirie Octopus Cut From a Single Piece of Paper by Masayo...
Kirie (切り絵, literally ‘cut picture’) is the Japanese art of paper-cutting. Variations of kirie can be found in cultures around the world but the Japanese version is...
Winter’s Magic: Dramatic Ice Crystals Formed in Ephemeral Spheres
A simple mixture of corn syrup, dish detergent, and water creates magical winter snow globes when blown into bubbles on snow. Frosty shapes dance...
Time-Lapse Photographs Capture Swarms of Airplane Lights as They Streak Across...
Pete Mauney has been interested in observing the dizzying patterns of planes at night since high school. As a teenager the photographer would watch airplanes...
Electroformed Crystals Encase Handmade Bowls in Brilliant Shades of Blue
Sabri Ben-Achour uses natural forces to produce crystal growths and other organic additions to his handmade ceramic vessels through his own unique method of electroforming. By...
