Cherchant à questionner ce que l’humain laisse à la fin de sa vie, l’artiste Nino Sarabutra a recouvert la Ardel Gallery à Bangkok de plus de 100 000 crânes de porcelaine miniatures. Cette installation impressionnante invite les visiteurs à marcher sur ces crânes qui ont nécessité de longues heures de préparation.
We first took note of Talon’s mystical jewelry by way of their vintage vial amulettes back in 2010. Their newest line, called “Light of the Moon, Embers of the…
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Take a bite out of death with “The Last Laugh,” a pair of watches from Mr. Jones that sport hour and minute readouts on the bare teeth of human skulls. The hour marking on the upper teeth uses a “jump hour” feature that flips the time over on the…
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The last time Joshua Harker took to Kickstarter, the 3D-printing artist broke records—his “Crania Anatomica” became the most funded sculptural project in the history of the platform. His second project, “Anatomica di Revolutis” (roughly, “Anatomy of a Revolution”), is a three-piece hanging sculpture that expands on past themes. The…
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Punk-inspired metamorphic works from Parisian artist Ludo
Street artist Ludo takes to the gallery with “Le Punk Français,” an installation-meets-exhibition that deals with themes of metamorphosis and global issues. Among the many transformations that occur at the artist’s hand are a mosquito turned Dyson vacuum, a bunch of skulls arranged as grapes and a snail with…
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Historic skulls adorn a custom card set from the elusive center for magic
We visited Bill Kalush last year and learned about the Conjuring Arts Research Center—his hidden library of rare texts and artifacts related to the history of magic. The center is also a community hub for the occult, publishing the biannual scholarly journal Gibecière and running the Hocus Pocus magic…
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Our latest shipment with the subscription service features Joshua Harker’s 3D filigree brilliance
Back in November 2011, we announced our partnership with the subscription service Quarterly Co., which offers users the chance to receive gifts in the mail from a roster of design-minded contributors four times per year. For the second shipment, Cool Hunting co-founders Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten sent subscribers a miniature “Crania Anatomica”, a sculpture by Chicago-based artist Joshua Harker.
We first learned about Joshua when he was seeking funding for the project on Kickstarter with the goal to raise $500; he ended up with $77,271, the highest funded sculpture project in the history of the website. Now, Joshua has created a version exclusively for our second Quarterly shipment. We’re thrilled to offer subscribers a little something that celebrates the human form and serves as a solid addition to any cabinet of curiosities. Subscribers have been receiving theirs over the last few days and have been tweeting pictures of the little 3D-printed filigree wonder in various settings.
Due to high demand, Quarterly Co. is currently closed to new subscribers, but you can join their waiting list or check out their blog for more information.
Images by Josh Rubin
The recently released tome covers art, design and fashion inspired by the iconic symbol in all its morbid glory
Long lauded as a dark symbol of the occult, the skull has endured a rather fashionable resurgence in recent years. Cataloging some of the most intriguing and sometimes unnerving displays of the symbol’s use is Skull Style, a newly released visual encyclopedia of sorts on the subject as it has appeared in modern design. Covering nearly 500 pages, this massive anthology details various forms from art and interiors to avant-garde fashion and jewelry.
The first page we opened to landed on the incredible “impaled” high heel by fashion designer Kermit Tesoro—we knew then that the book would uncover even more unique iterations of the motif. Jim’s papier-mache and rope “Fashion Designers” and Scott Campbell‘s 3D “Noblesse Oblige” made entirely of cut and uncut U.S. currency.
Alongside each artist and designer featured, Skull Style provides a brief biography for context and, sometimes, up to 10 pieces of their skull-centric work. As the book flows from fashion to object design and jewelry the reader is introduced to an stunning array of works from the likes of Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Alexander McQueen.
Released earlier this month, Skull Style is now available for $91 from Amazon. For more information on Skull Style and other equally intriguing books from the new publishing house Curated Collection head to Farameh Media online.
Dezeen Watch Store: the latest design from Mr Jones watches, which tells the time through numbers on the teeth of a skull, is now available at Dezeen Watch Store.
The Last Laugh is a collaboration between BAFTA award-winning comedian William Andrews and Crispin Jones of Mr Jones Watches.
The numbers are printed on two rows of teeth that rotate behind an opening in the watch face as time passes. The skull image was chosen as a memento mori to constantly remind the wearer that life is short and they should live every day to the full.
Cyclops, another watch by Mr Jones Watches, also disposes of the customary hour and minute arrangement, creating a new method of time telling.
Dezeen Watch Store is a carefully curated online store specialising in watches by named designers and boutique brands.
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| Cyclops by Crispin Jones | Skew by Ross McBride | Iconograph by Werner Aisslinger |
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