Architecture
April 30, 2021

China Is Getting a Futuristic Cultural Center That Looks Like a Giant Floating Cloud

Another incredible cultural center has just been announced for Shenzhen, China. Japanese architecture firm SANAA, led by prestigious architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, won the Shenzhen Maritime Museum competition with their futuristic design featuring a billowing roofscape. The project, titled Clouds on the Sea, won the bid against other popular firms like Kengo Kuma & Associates, Sou Fujimoto Architects, UNStudio, and Open Architecture.

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Gift Guide
April 29, 2021

10 Online Flower Shops Making It Easy To Send Beautiful Blooms for Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day in the U.S. is quickly approaching on Sunday, May 11. It’s a time when we can celebrate every type of mom—or other important women—in our lives with tokens of appreciation. A beautiful bouquet of flowers is one of the best gifts to give. But what if you live far away from your mom? Don’t worry; there are plenty of options to send flowers online.

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Embroidery
April 29, 2021

Artist Reimagines Instant Film as Embroidered Landscape Polaroids

While there are many innovative cameras these days, there is something to be said for the pleasant, tactile quality of a Polaroid. It has a playful quality that is only enhanced by its small, postcard size. Hong Kong-based artist Artemis imitates this popular form of photography by stitching colorful landscapes onto small, Polaroid-size pieces of paper, capturing environments from her own imagination. Her journey into embroidery art began four years ago, in 2017.

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Sculpture
April 28, 2021

Artist Sculpts Polymer Clay Into Colorful Swirling Landscapes

Sweden-based artist Alisa Lariushkina continues to find new and mesmerizing ways of using polymer air-dry clay. Inspired by famous painters like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet, she masterfully transforms an array of Japanese air-dry clay into high-relief depictions of lush, bucolic landscapes. “I'm a self-taught artist, been working with air-dry polymer clay for about six years in my own technique,” Lariushkina explains to My Modern Met.

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