Rob Ley Studio created a small shaped elements that compose a monolithic sculpture titled Ambiguous. This piece takes inspiration from the similarities seen when studying various forms that mark the beginning of life. The conceptual approach for this public artwork is based on the Education Center’s interpretive theme that “small things…
In the city of Viborg, Denmark, studio EFFEKT has transformed the former windmill factory – the Streetmekka Viborg Build – into a skatepark and youth culture. The 3,170-square-metre building offers a wide variety of facilities for self-organised sports, as well as social spaces for local youth. These include a huge skating bowl, basketball courts,…
From September 25 to 29, a new edition of Bologna Design Week will take place in the capital city of the Emilia-Romagna Region in Northern Italy. Shows, design exhibitions, workshops, competitions, events, guided tours, design talks and theme discussions on design cultures, fashion & design, and design food will be…
“Pillars of Sabah” is the new mural art project by Red Hong Yi and Jared Abdul Rahman. Thirty local artists have created a Sabah-themed mural located at the Sabah Street Art Gallery in Malaysia. Each artist – of diverse ages, ethnicity and art styles – has to transform this abandoned downtown site into one that celebrates…
Italian artist Massimo Colonna titled his new project ‘Ambiguous’. It’s a series of four digital renderings of open-air architectural spaces featuring puzzling visual elements. The four images are inspired by exotic landscapes with sharp geometric lines and feature four different subjects: a cat, a ladder, a statue, and a clothing line with a…
A couple of days ago, Gucci launched a new Instagram account, @guccibeauty. Instead of glamorous models and product shots, every post is a mini art-history lesson, all coming together in an easily digestible, scroll-friendly way. “Beauty represents an ideal of each place and era, a style that the artist felt was…
At Philadelphia’s Dilworth Park, artist Janet Echelman is reshaping the urban landscape with a monumental public sculpture that reacts to the surrounding environment. ‘Pulse’ emits vibrantly colored mist curtains that fluidly move across the park’s fountain and trace the footprint of the passing trains below. As SEPTA trains traverse beneath, 4-foot-tall…
Spanish studio Lucas y Hernández-Gil developed both architecture, furniture and graphic design for Seville’s Casaplata restaurant. The inspiration came from the subdued paintings of artist Giorgio Morandi when creating the greyscale interiors of this restaurant. Casaplata is located in the city centre, and belongs to a pair of young restaurateurs who…
Latin American Design Festival 2018 has now a beautiful new identity created by IS Creative Studio, Peru. For the design of the 4th edition of the Latin American Design Festival, the studio applied two rules, only use two colors and only use two typefaces. Celebrating 4 years of LADFEST, IS came up…
Tiipoi launched Siment, the newest collection of concrete planters and vases inspired by urban infrastructure in present day India. The collection consists of three mini planters, based on Indian water towers, and two vases based on the metro flyovers, that dominate the landscape. Siment miniaturises functional and architectural features like…
