Artist Yang Yongliang (previously) harmonizes human-generated light and naturally glowing stars in a celestial, 4K video installation. Set to an eerie, technological soundtrack, “Journey to the Dark II” winds through a mountainous city that spans 70 meters across. Movement in the immersive piece is confined mostly to the cars traveling across bridges and down streets, and the lights emit a constant glow among the modern architecture and landforms. More
Delicate Illustrations by Lee Me Kyeoung Detail the Small Convenience Stores Throughout South Korea
Peeking through peach blossoms or nestled into a snowy landscape, the tiny shops that Lee Me Kyeoung renders are found across South Korea, from Mokpo to Jeju and Seoul to Gapyeong. The artist already has spent decades speaking with the store owners and weaving their stories into her delicate illustrations as part of her ongoing A Small Store series. Her most recent works encapsulate the experience of standing in front of the establishments by capturing every detail: the multicolored goods evenly stacked, advertisements posted in the windows, bikes parked out front, and the sloping tiled roofs. More
Airy, Wooden Orb Inlaid with LED Lights Radiates Throughout a Dim Forest in Taiwan
Artist Ling-Li Tseng describes her recent installation as “a whispering between human(s) and nature.” Debuted in Houli at the 2020 Taiwan Lantern Festival, “The Search of the Glow” is a lightweight, wooden sphere constructed with a series of connected ovals. Together, the pieces form a hollow orb that’s outfitted with thin strips of LED lights, creating a radiant installation that glows in the otherwise dim area.
To create the modular artwork in collaboration with Serendipity Studio, Tseng used a combination of digital fabrication and traditional, craftsman processes. More
Autonomous Cityscape Sweeper Vehicles – This Future Street Cleaning System Keeps Cities Clean (TrendHunter.com)
(TrendHunter.com) This conceptual future street cleaning system is a robotic solution for cities that would enable them to more effectively and easily prevent thoroughfares from being littered with debris. The…
Fans Are Digitizing And Translating A Persona Trading Card Game From The Late ’90s
Dedicated fans are digitizing an entire Persona card game that was released back in the late ‘90s in Japan and was never released in the West. They’ve already scanned over a thousand cards and all the rule books.
A Savvy Designer Launches Company that Prints Custom Masks Emblazoned with Your Face
A clever new product by Danielle Baskin is a remedy to current challenges with facial recognition software. The San Francisco-based designer recently launched Maskalike, a company that prints custom face coverings with photographs of the wearer. Made of machine-washable cotton, the functional masks create a seamless look that opens cellphones and other devices without having to remove it first.
Maskalike currently has a waitlist for custom designs, although there are options for those who want to maintain some anonymity. More
Kengo Kuma builds blackened-wood chicken coop at Casa Wabi artist retreat
Kengo Kuma’s firm has designed a coop for chickens living at the Casa Wabi arts foundation in Mexico to be like a collective housing project. The Casa Wabi Coop is a chicken hut that provides eggs for the Casa Wabi Foundation in Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Kengo Kuma and Associates (KKA) received the commission from foundation
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Constellations of Found Electronics Shape Faces on Vintage Rackets by Artist Leonardo Ulian
London-based artist Leonardo Ulian (previously) merges two disparate elements in his sprawling assemblages: he speckles analog equipment with an array of electronic pieces found in digital devices. Created while in quarantine, Ulian’s Contrived Object series is comprised of vintage tennis rackets displaying intricate constellations of metal parts, microchips, and other found objects that form an abstract face.
The egg shape of the “head” of these vintage rackets reminded me of something yet familiar but at the moment lost.
cityhawk eVTOL flying car by urban aeronautics will run on hydrogen
the futuristic vehicle has the size of a car, and can take-off and land anywhere, any time, in any weather.
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Two Recycled Woods are Engineered into a Modest, Airy Church in Indonesia
Constructed entirely with locally sourced wood waste, “Oikumene Church” erected in Sajau, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, is designed to conform to its natural environment. The unassuming project features a slatted facade made of Rimba, or teak, while the inner structure utilizes meranti. An open-air hallway wraps around the perimeter of the building that’s situated at the highest elevation in the region.
For the worship space, TSDS Interior Architects relied on the Dayak people’s “Rumah Betang” design concept, which is an elongated, single-room dwelling that must have entryways on the east and west sides. More
This Is the Best Way to Arrange Your Bagel Toppings
As a lifelong New Yorker, I know what the perfect bagel is. (It’s an everything bagel.) I know how it should be prepared. (Lightly toasted, but not hot; you don’t want the cream cheese to melt, that’s disgusting.) And I know what should go on it: (plain) cream cheese, thinly sliced lox, a slice of tomato if it’s in…
The Art of Visualising Music: Graphic Scores
Fascinating piece from David Hall about the intersection of music and design.Composers have always grappled with ways to express themselves and in the twentieth-century, several began using this radical graphical approach to writing scores. It was a two-fingered salute to the prevailing musical establishment. Graphic notation functions the same way as traditional musical notation, but, […]
