Kokeshi Matches by Kumi Hirasaka
Matches and matchbooks have an associated impression with the stuffy and elite – think smoke-filled rooms and bearded gentlemen discussing social politics. However, Osaka-based artist Hiromi Hirasaka has transformed matches into a friendly and hip medium (though you wouldn’t want ...
Camellia & the Rabbit by Petra Storrs
Evocative of Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, “Camellia & the Rabbit” reinvents teatime through art. The whimsy and delicacy of the performance piece from London artist Rachel Snider is beautifully captured by the series of photographs produced by Petra Storrs. Donned ...
Mobile M+, Giant Inflatable Sculptures Collection
What do half an insect (“Falling into the Mundane World”), a pile of excrement (“Complex Pile”), and a stuffed pig for dinner (“House of Treasures”) have in common? These are all part of Mobile M+: Inflation!, a collection of inflatable ...
Sliding Ladder by Nike Savvas
Snap, snap, snap, snap…five, six, seven, eight. Presenting a mathematic beat featuring threads bound into beautiful bursts by Nike Savvas. A collaboration of wooden outlined hexagons create a unique take on the soccer ball pleasing in pink, yellow, teal, and ...
Metal Knitting by KANAAMI-TSUJI
When my family breaks out the hot pot – a kind of communal, table-side cooking and eating festivity – for the holidays, I always am in charge of washing the knitted metal strainers that are used to dip the raw ...
Nail Art: Constellation by Kumi Yamashita
Artist Kaumi Yamashita crafts intricate portraits using one unbroken thread wrapped around an intricate web of galvanized nails. Created over a series of months, the multidimensional textured quality of the material adds a soft, almost organic quality to the faces. ...
Les Robes Geographique by Elisabeth Lecourt
Elisabeth Lecourt of London takes us on a hot air balloon ride above the continents in her Les Robes Geographique collection. Sweetheart sundresses printed with maps of places from around the globe hurry us to an adventure just down the ...
Gerald Paper Dog Project by Lazerian
Despite the humble origins of the project as a rebranding of Lazerian, a British design studio, Gerald Paper Dog Project has grown to reach over 105 collaborators around the globe. At the center of all this creativity is the freestanding ...
Street Art by HelloMyNameIsSy
Under the alias “HelloMyNameIsSy” a street artist paints geometric and colorful works of art on the urban landscape. In a move to rescue the brick and mortar from dull, drab existence, the artist throws in a touch of cubist, nearly ...
SplitGrain, Split Wood Lights and Sculptures
From Paul Foeckler’s aptly-named Split Grain brand of sculptures comes a simplistic but wholly intriguing set of illuminating pieces, all of them carved from California cypress. The first of these wooden set pieces towers up with monolithic presence, peculiar notched ...
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