Installation

November 30, 2020

Colorful Installation Invites Viewers to an Immersive Collage of Earth’s Biodiversity

Words cannot fully encapsulate the immersive visual feast that is the work of Berlin-based collage artist, Clare Börsch. Densely populated with an expansive variety of flora and fauna from every corner of the earth, her installations envelop the viewer in an otherworldly ecosphere textured by intense color and stark contrasts. Despite the fact that they’re made of paper, the lush jungles that she creates seem almost real.

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September 15, 2020

World’s First “Happiness Museum” Opens in Copenhagen

Welcome to The Happiness Museum, “a small museum about the big things in life.” Located in Copenhagen, Denmark, the eight-room museum is the new public arm of the Happiness Research Institute—a think-tank devoted to the theory and practice of happiness. Denmark is known for being one of the happiest countries in the world; however, the museum approaches themes of happiness, quality of life, and well-being from a global standpoint.

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August 19, 2020

Japanese Grandparents Create Life-Size Totoro With Bus Stop For Their Grandkids

Totoro is a hallmark character created by Studio Ghibli, Japan's beloved animation studio. The plump bodied, wide smiling magical creature’s most iconic image is that of him waiting for an unusual bus in the rain. The magic of that scene (featured in the 1988 film My Neighbor Totoro) has been a spark of nostalgia, imagination, and inspiration for a variety of creatives.

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July 3, 2020

Sublime Installations Made From Thousands of Beads and Buttons Celebrate Korean Architecture

Korean-born artist Ran Hwang is known for her ingenious use of materials to build up contemporary installations. Using beads, buttons, and pins, she works meticulously to create textural artworks that are stunning from both afar and up close. With her Palace Series, she applies this technique to traditional Korean architecture and the results are astonishing. Hwang was inspired by the five grand palaces of Seoul—Gyeongbokgung, Changdeokgung, Gyeonghuigung, Deoksugung, and Changgyeonggung.

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