Art

November 2, 2015

Giant Urban Flowers Bloom When Pedestrians Pass By Under Them

Architecture firm HQ Architects developed a public installation that offers an artistic aesthetic to the environment through playfully responsive design. The Warde project, located in Jerusalem's Vallero Square–an urban area that's in poor condition–is being given a set of towering flower sculptures, big enough to draw the gaze of the entire plaza. Rather than fighting against the marketplace's metropolitan nature, designers wanted to work in harmony with the municipality.

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November 1, 2015

Visual Poetry Created through Floating Paper Text Sharing Stories in Mid-Air

Columbian artist Miriam Londoo's work revolves around the use of paper as an accessible medium to communicate transformations. Her delicate pieces convert paper into the “ink” with which she draws and writes, building poetry and stories into the air. Londoo's body of work creates visual poetry, using her writing as a reflection on the ability of language to shape our memories and identities.

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October 30, 2015

Elegant Human Sculptures Made of Intricate Patterns Found in Nature

Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David takes the human form and brings out its delicacy through the use of lace-like details. Each of his sculptures is covered in nonuniform metal patterns that cause viewers to believe Ben-David's work has more physical depth that you'd think. Walking around the artist's sculpture quickly reveals the flat nature of each piece. The 2D/3D surprise is part of the illusion the artist aims to create.

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October 29, 2015

IKEA Turns Kids’ Drawings into Real Toys to Help Promote Children’s Education

Furniture retailer IKEA is giving children around the world the opportunity to help other children in need. For their Soft Toys for Education campaign, the organization had thousands of young artists submit their best illustrations representing the plush toy of their dreams. IKEA then carefully selected ten finalists and brought these designs to life. The best part is that they made sure to design the toys so that they looked exactly like the original drawings.

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