Category: Art & Design
Alicia Eggert + Mike Fleming ‘Eternity’
August 19, 2011 | posted in Art, Art & Design, Installations, Sculptures | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Great installation by Alicia Eggert and Mike Fleming. The work consists of 30 clocks that once in every 12 hours spell the word ‘Eternity’ for a moment. Via. Tweet
EVOL ‘Urban Stencil City’
August 2, 2011 | posted in Architecture, Art & Design, Installations, Sculptures, Street-Art | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
German street artist EVOL creates hyper realistic miniature buildings and cities in all sorts of places, by stenciling flat surfaces. The one shown here is made in a field near Hamburg as part of the upcoming MS Dockville music and art festival, and is presumably the best one so far. The installation took 8 days to[...]
Reservoir Fillers
August 1, 2011 | posted in Art & Design, Contributors, Curated by:, Design, Furniture, Performance, Websites, interviews | by Ellen Bokkinga | Leave a comment
Hereby some interesting stuff for your already heavily filled reservoir. Every Monday Ellen Bokkinga of The New Verbalizers shares some of her discoveries-in-the-weekend under the adage “Let’s make some great works this week!”. 1. The Story of Stuff – George Carlin The word “stuff” can refer to a lot of, well… stuff. After seeing the[...]
Tearable Envelopes
August 1, 2011 | posted in Art & Design, Design, Writing | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Altough I’m not really into envelopes…, I think these ones are really cool. The envelopes, designed by D-BROS（ディーブロス), have small tabs that create the effect of car fumes, locomotive steam, or airplane contrails, after tearing off the tab. Tweet
JKB Fletcher: ‘Dirty Faces’
July 22, 2011 | posted in Art & Design, Painting | by Stefan de Haan | Leave a comment
Artist JKB Fletcher, recently came up with his latest series called ‘Dirty Faces’. These beautiful paintings feature superhero painted women. JKB Fletcher: “We have long accepted the role of ‘hero’ as an example of what to do (or not to do) in times of tension, difficulty, even disaster. Since the days of Homer, even before,[...]
Floating plants by ‘String Gardens’
July 17, 2011 | posted in Art & Design, Furniture, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
In case you’re looking for some ‘green’ decoration for your house or other spaces, you should consider buying some of these hanging plants by String Gardens, who make your plants look like they’re floating in the air… Buy via Pompon.nl. Tweet
Curated by: Mette te Velde
July 8, 2011 | posted in Art, Art & Design, Curated by:, Fashion, Green | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
My name is Mette te Velde. I started Strawberry Earth with Ikenna Azuike in December 2008 after being inspired by the green movement in New York. I wanted to bring New York’s optimism, creativity and green solutions to Amsterdam. After two years of hard work, Strawberry Earth has grown into a daily source of inspiration[...]
Markus Kayser’s Solar Sinter Project
July 8, 2011 | posted in Art & Design | by Stefan de Haan | Leave a comment
Merging two of the deserts most abundant resources, nearly unlimited quantities of sand and sun, Industrial Designer Markus Kayser created the Solar Sinter, a device that melts sand to create 3D objects out of glass. In this movie he created a vase and a ehm… thing. Maybe it’s a rollercoaster for ants. Tweet