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That’s not a giant glazed cake you’re looking at: The Growing Pavilion, which was created for Dutch Design Week is constructed with mycelium panels. Set on a timber frame, the panels are grown from mushrooms and then covered in an organic...
A slate of new public structures have overtaken the Estonian city of Tallin for the 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale. Steampunk, created by SoomeenHahm Design, Igor Pantic, and Fologram, merges forward-thinking technology and old-world woodworking techniques in a sinuous sculptural pavilion.
“Computer aided manufacturing and robotics...
New York-based visual artist Kehinde Wiley recently unveiled a bronze sculpture of an African American man riding a horse in the center of Times Square at Broadway Plaza between 46th and 47th streets. Titled “Rumors of War,” the statue references controversial...
This summer, a new elevated circular bike path was built that winds through the Belgian forest about an hour outside of Brussels. ‘Cycling Through the Trees’ is part of the Limburg bike route, and works its way up to...
As part of the 2019 London Design Festival, Paul Cocksedge’s ‘Please Be Seated’ has taken over Finsbury Avenue Square in the city’s Broadgate neighborhood. The undulating sculpture is comprised of concentric wooden circles that ribbon up and down to create functional...
Textile artist Amanda Browder collaborates with the communities she’s working in to built site-specific architectural interventions. Using hundreds of yards of donated fabric with bright colors and patterns, Browder and her volunteer teams stitch together enormous panels that resemble crazy quilts....
In 2014 Auckland and Los Angeles-based Fearon Hay Architects were asked to convert a dilapidated 1950s building in Taichung, Taiwan into a boutique hotel. After a site visit, the studio decided integrate as many of the existing elements of the building...
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A Single Book Disrupts the Foundation of a Brick Wall by Jorge Méndez Blake
The Castle is a 2007 project by Mexican artist Jorge Méndez Blake that subtly examines the impact of a single outside force. For the installation, he constructed...
New Cross-Stitched Objects by Ulla Stina Wikander
Ulla Stina Wikander was born 1957 in Kungälv. She is currently living in Stockholm/Kullavik, Sweden and has been working as an artist since 1986.
Creates cross-stitched...
Miniature Installations Built Inside Suitcases Detail the Homes That Refugees Leave Behind
Syrian-born, New Haven, Connecticut-based artist and architect Mohamad Hafez compiles found objects and scrap metal to construct miniature recreations of homes, buildings, and landscapes left by...
How Does the Solar System Look Like on Your Birthday?
The solar system is in constant rotation, a notion that has taken us generations to understand, and just as long to track. This knowledge...
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Multi-Part Graphics Reveal the Inner Workings of Systems in Vintage-Inspired Designs...
Raymond Biesinger takes complex systems—economics, feline anatomy, computer programming—and breaks them down into visually captivating designs. Using design elements and color palettes inspired by mid-century...
Magazine Cutouts Form Nature Collages Shaped Like Birds and Butterflies by...
Toronto-based artist Jennifer Murphy combines cutouts of animals, plants, and other organic objects to create large-scale nature collages. Strung together using gossamer thread, the collages form...
MACDOUGALL`S 15th ANNIVERSARY AUCTIONS IN LONDON
CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN ART AUCTION Monday, 25 November 2019, 14:30IMPORTANT RUSSIAN ART AUCTION Wednesday, 27 November, 2019, 10:30Asia House, 63 New Cavendish St, London W1G...
Transformation and Excess Explored in Heavily Decorated Wax Sculptures by Rebecca...
The sweet and the sinister commingle in Rebecca Stevenson‘s wax sculptures that depict humans and animals bursting open to reveal flowers and fruits. Classical busts...
Collages of Thousands of Strangers Convey the Vast Scale of Memory...
In his series Chronicle: Passing (6,393 Per Hour), artist Greg Sand creates analog super-edits of the repeated patterns found in old photographs. Drapery, flowers, shoes, shadows,...
Polish Tram Shelter’s Walls Become a Gallery for Dried Flower Designs
A tram stop at Dabrowskiego Square in Łódź, Poland is blossoming with dried flowers, giving pedestrians and commuters a fresh view on the intersection...
Powerful Portraits of Enormous Ocean Waves by Luke Shadbolt
Luke Shadbolt captures the roiling majesty of ocean waves in his large-scale aquatic photographs. Printed at 150 x 100 cm (nearly 6 feet by 3.3...
Over 100 Stitchers are Collaborating Across the U.S. to Complete an...
Chicago-based fiber artist and activist Shannon Downey has a particular affinity for unfinished projects. She seeks them out at estate sales, helping women who’ve passed complete...
Marmalade Type: Colorfully Illuminated Letters Created with Photographic Interference
Graphic designer, artist, and photographer Rus Khasanov plays with color and perception in a new alphabetical series called Marmalade Type. “This is a bright and...
An Enormous Skeleton Emerges in the Middle of a Mexican Street...
In celebration of Día de Muertos on November 1, Raymundo Medina built a massive skeleton that appears to be lurching out of the pavement on a street in Santa...
