Incredible store in Milan. It’s home to both Bastard and Comvert, including a full, gigantic, awesome, wooden bowl! Arch Daily has a full article on the construction, showing how this old theater was renovated.
This is not a computer generated drawing, but a full scale wire-frame representation of a Lamborghini Countach, created by artist Benedict Radcliffe. Lamborghini is the latest in a series of wire cars Radcliffe has completed. It’s his most ambitious project so far. It is painstakingly crafted from 10 mm steel tubes welded together.
there isn’t much to say here, though it makes me wonder why coca-cola keeps making cool shit, while pepsi just keeps making shit.
via thedieline.com
Sculptor and engineer Arthur Ganson designs kinetic art that explores deep philosophical ideas. See a video of this piece here.
Since 1990, artist Theo Jansen has been occupied with creating new forms of life:
“Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.
Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives.”
He’s a prominent tattoo artist based out of New York, currently showing at O.H.W.O.W. in Miami until May 9th. Laser-cut stuff’s awesome. Check his site for some more tattoo and other artwork.
Léopold Foulem: Récupération exhibition at the Gardiner Museum of ceramic art in Toronto until May 3, 2009. “Campy playfulness meets historic traditions in this overview of recent works by a celebrated contemporary ceramist, Léopold L. Foulem. Foulem combines decals and cheap found materials with a virtuoso technique, bridging the space between popular culture and high art in a single dazzling leap”.
Leandro Erlich is known for creating installation environments that momentarily question our sense of balance or space. Click here to see a video of his “Carrousel” (shown above).
An amazing piece from NL, this is going to be the Taipei Performing Arts Center in China. There’s a lot of great work on their site, make sure you click the images on the left. It was also nice to see them use illustrations for people in the renderings, instead of those awkward looking clippings that normally get placed. Like random guy checking watch, couple walking, and woman with shopping bags (each of which are usually lit from different directions and heavily pixelated). Enjoy.
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