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.
Sculpture
December 20, 2020

World’s Largest LEGO Wooden-Style Roller Coaster Made With 90,000 Toy Bricks

LEGO artist Tomáš Kašpařík (aka Chairudo) is a self-confessed “child that never grew up.” Like many kids (and adults), he has a love for LEGO, but he’s been lucky enough to turn his passion into a career. For years, he’s been creating extraordinary sculptures from the plastic pieces, and his latest creation is no exception. He constructed the world’s largest wooden-style coaster from LEGO, and it actually works!

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Inspiring
December 15, 2020

8-Year-Old Boy Starts a Business Selling Plants To Help His Struggling Family Live a Better Life

When you’re a kid, you’re pretty reliant on your parents or guardians to make ends meet. However, when 8-year-old Aaron Moreno’s mom lost her two jobs and his family ended up living in a shed, he decided to do what he could to help. He started selling plants in his neighborhood in East Los Angeles. His small business quickly transformed from selling succulents to family members to a full-blown successful plant shop.

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Modern Art
December 13, 2020

Discover the Famous Works of Wassily Kandinsky, the Artist Who Painted Music

Russian art theorist and painter Wassily Kandinsky was one of the pioneers of abstract modern art. He believed that “objects damaged pictures,” so explored abstract forms and color as a way to evoke spirituality and human emotion. He created his own pictorial language that transcended the physical world and illustrated human experience. Kandinsky viewed music as the most sublime form of abstract art and believed his paintings could communicate certain sounds. “Color is the key.

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Technology
December 5, 2020

Kintsugi-Inspired Bluetooth Speaker Cracks Open To Beam Light and Play Sound

At first glance, this beautiful object looks like a piece of Japanese pottery that was mended together using the Kintsugi technique. But it’s actually a Bluetooth speaker and light called Teno. Designed by Lumio and made from cast resin and natural sand, the sculptural piece of technology is designed to evoke calm and tranquility. The concept for Teno was born when former architect and Lumio founder Max Gunawan was taking a walk in the woods.

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My Modern Met

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