Art
April 18, 2012

Giant Fractured Sphere at the Vatican

Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro is known to construct enormous spheres with layers of complexities. One of his monumental orbs stands tall as the centerpiece of the Courtyard of the Pinecone at the Vatican Museum. The structure titled Sfera con Sfera, translated as Sphere within a Sphere, is a bronze statue that appears golden as the sun shines down on it. It is 4 meters (a little over 13 feet) in diameter.

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Design
April 13, 2012

Mutating Furniture Made of Bubbles

Designer Maarten De Ceulaer's new furniture design, the Mutation Series, is like a collection of unruly science experiments. The pieces seem to be growing and transforming before our eyes. The Belgian designer will present the work at this year's Milan Design Week 2012 and says, “I want to use my work to tell stories, to stir people's emotions, to tickle their imagination or to make them wonder.

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Photography
April 9, 2012

Soothing Minimalist Black and White Photos

If you are in need of a calm moment during your busy day, we highly recommend taking a look at these soothing black and white photographs by Gavin Dunbar. The Edinburgh-based photographer focuses mainly on seascapes and minimalist subjects in these long-exposure images. He finds everyday objects, like a rock or a wooden post, and turns them into geometric, high-contrast patterns against soft, blended and blurry backgrounds.

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Art
April 5, 2012

Interview: Gorgeous Pastel Portraits by Emma Uber

Artist Emma Uber has an incredible knack for paintings faces. Her series of pastel portraits involves beautifully detailed–and mainly feminine–faces that blend into backgrounds filled with thick, vibrant strokes, drips and smears of paint, and bursts of colorful shapes and flowers. Her use of a strong color palette and aggressive strokes, set against the soft features and expressionless faces, sparks an intense curiosity about each of her subjects.

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