Air Plant Jellyfish by ‘PetitBeast’ LA-based designer and art director Cathy Van Hoang had the novel idea of using sea urchin shells as upside down planters for air plants to create little aerial jellyfish. She sells them in her Etsy shop, PetitBeast. (via Steampunk Tendencies) Swedish designer creates dazzling system of interlocking wooden cubes. Joe’s Truck House. I don’t feel I missed anything beyond this form of life. Yes, I gave up a lot of stuff-books, clothing and other unnecessary things we all registers. But gained freedom. Real freedom. Freedom of movement, that allows me to live near the beach, in the beautiful wooded area, or even in the city. A work truck converted into a rolling home.
Cut Feather Shadowboxes by Chris Maynard. Using feathers acquired from zoos and private aviaries, artist Chris Maynard creates delicately constructed shadowboxes that play with aspects of light and negative space. The artist admits to being “feather obsessed” and is fascinated not only with birds and flight, but with the color and texture of their plumage which he explores through his small dioramas. You can see much more on his website and Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe will soon be showing some of Maynard’s larger work. (via Colossal Submissions) The Bizarre Street Art of Daan Botlek. Street artist and illustrator Daan Botlek is based in Rotterdam, Netherlands and is known for his strange form of character-driven street art. His generally simplistic, site-specific figures often interact with the space around them, passing in and out of unseen dimensions, shedding skin in the process.
Kind of like morbid Keith Haring, no? You can see much more of his work over on Flickr. (via Lustik) An Aerial Kinetic Sculpture with 256 Helium Balloons Embedded with LEDs. Cyclique was an aerial light and sound installation created by audiovisual artist Nohista and Collectif Coin for Nuit Blanche 2013 (previously). The array of 256 large white balloons was embedded with LEDs that blinked in sequence with various audio tracks and was further enhanced by the impact of wind which altered the layout and motion of the piece. Zoomquilt2. Ana Somnia - lights out! Relationship Focused. Creative Problem Solvers. True Story. Translucent Hermit Shell Crabs Adorned with Architectural Cityscapes by Aki Inomata. NYC / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Bangkok / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Zaanse Schans / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Tokyo / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Santorini / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Honfleur / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Installation view at Ai Kowada Gallery / © Aki Inomata courtesy of Ai Kowada Gallery Created in 2009 by Japanese artist Aki Inomata, these fantastic little cityscapes atop hermit crab shells were part of a body of work titled “Why not hand over a shelter to hermit crabs?.”
As hermit crabs outgrow their shells it becomes necessary to find a new, larger home. Architecture Student Converts Old Bus into Comfy Mobile Home Complete with Repurposed Gym Floor.