Posts by Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years, where she fostered a career in the arts, dabbling in everything from illustration and animation to music and ceramics. She now calls Edinburgh home, where she continues to work as a writer, illustrator, and ceramicist. Her ceramics, often combined with hand-painted animation frames, capture playful scenes that celebrate freedom and movement, and blend her passion for art with storytelling. Her illustrations have been featured in The Berliner Magazine as well as other print magazines and a poetry book.
Installation
April 30, 2026

Floating Gold and Silver Discs Transform Former Railway Factory Into a Dazzling Light Installation

Set inside a former railway factory in Florence, HALOS fills the industrial space with a striking display of suspended, reflective discs set in continuous rotation. The immersive installation was created by Spanish artist SpY, who’s known for his large-scale works that interact with city environments and turn familiar spaces into futuristic, surreal worlds.

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Paper Art
April 28, 2026

Paper Sculptor Engineers 1:1 Scale Replicas of Retro Devices With Lifelike Precision

We’ve covered the work of several talented paper artists throughout the years, but no one uses the fragile material quite like Japanese artist Manabu Kosaka. He creates astonishingly detailed, 1:1-scale replicas of everyday objects, from retro cameras and vintage gaming consoles to watches and shoes. But they don’t just look the part on the surface—many of the sculptures open to reveal complex paper mechanisms, circuit boards, and wires modeled after their real counterparts.

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Hotels
April 25, 2026

Contemporary Villas on Remote Japanese Island Built Using an Ancient Construction Technique

Perched on the hills of Sagishima, a remote island in Japan, three luxury villas fuse Scandinavian and Japanese design in a way that appears totally at home in the surrounding landscape. Each structure was built from soil sourced directly on-site and carved into the island’s hilly terrain. The project is called NOT A HOTEL Setouchi and was designed by Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

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Installation
April 22, 2026

Immersive Floral Murals Infuse the Joys of Nature to Urban Environments [Interview]

Many of us spend countless hours at home or in offices, cut off from the natural world. However, science proves that spending time in nature–or even just looking at pictures of it—has a positive impact on the mind, helps reduce stress, and lowers blood pressure. In a bid to improve our connection to the outdoors, British creative duo Lee Baker and Catherine Borowski (of Graphic Rewilding) transform urban environments with vibrant botanical murals.

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