Posts by Eugene Kim

Eugene Kim

Eugene Kim is the Editor-in-Chief of My Modern Met. In May, 2008, he co-founded the website to create one big city that celebrates creative ideas. His mission is to promote a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.
Design
November 20, 2011

Avoid Conversation Dining Table

Ever wish you didn't have to see or talk to the people you were dining with? Look no further. Michael Beitz has built the perfect dining table for you. “My current work is concerned with parallels between human emotional states and the mass produced design objects we live with and within,” explains Beitz. “I explore ideas through drawing, printmaking, and sculpture.

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Street Art
October 14, 2011

The Spanish Guitarist by El Mac

El Mac has been on fire lately. Using intricate lines and patterns, the street artist put up this wonderful mural of a man passionately strumming his guitar. The piece was completed for the Avant-Garde Urbano festival in Tudela, Spain.

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Art
September 11, 2011

Massive Pushpin Portraits

At first glance, Eric Daigh's artwork appears to be a low-resolution portrait, but upon closer inspection, onlookers can see each piece is made up of thousands of colored pins. Combining creativity along with hours of diligent application, the Michigan-based artist uses 25,000 to 100,000 pushpins to create each piece! As a process artist, Daigh starts by taking a series of photographs of his subject.

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Uncategorized
August 26, 2011

Floating Japanese Tea House

Talk about Feng shui! American architect David Jameson built this amazingly tranquil floating tea house, which also functions as a dining room, meditation area and a stage for the family's musical recitals. Hanging like a Japanese lantern in the garden of a suburban home northwest of Washington D.C., visitors enter through a 10 cm-thick wooden door, where a faceted timber ceiling points down into the center of the room.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.