Design
August 19, 2023

How the Memphis Movement Went Against “Good Taste” To Inspire Designers Today

Trends are cyclical, and it seems that even the most outrageous ones find a way of coming back in vogue. Memphis design, a style synonymous with the 1980s, is one example of how a movement that, in the early aughts, would’ve seemed ridiculous is now back in style among influencers and tastemakers. Once called “a shotgun wedding between Bauhaus and Fisher-Price,” Memphis design is now taken seriously by the design community.

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Woodworking
August 17, 2023

Colorful Wooden “Pixels” Converge To Create Enigmatic Face Masks

Instead of carving a sculpture from one material, Gil Bruvel slowly builds his masterpieces with numerous parts. The Texas-based artist's ongoing project The Mask Series features large-scale sculptures of human faces, all of which are made from assembling colored wooden blocks of varying sizes. From afar, these portraits appear highly realistic, but the closer you are to the piece, the more pixelated it becomes.

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My Modern Met

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