My Modern Metropolis Andrez Movie: Eindhoven design studio Formafantasma experimenting with lava Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Eindhoven, Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Formafantasma show us their experiments with unusual materials including fish skin, cow bladders, animal blood and even lava. Italian designers Farresin and Trimarchi, who met at Design Academy Eindhoven and set up Formafantasma in the small Dutch city after graduating, have become well-known for their interesting use of materials. Past projects include objects made out of food, a range of natural plastic vessels and furniture covered with discarded animal skins. The duo's latest project involves melting down volcanic rock from Mount Etna in Sicily. "We are conducting some really simple experiments by remelting lava," Farresin tells us when we visited their studio during Dutch Design Week. "We are working with basalt fibres, which is this really interesting material that we found. He then shows us fish skin samples from Formafantasma's Craftica project for Fendi.
Animal Facts You Never Knew Existed (15 GIF'S) - JETLIFE CO. EmailShare 7151EmailShare Animals are dope! Animal facts you never knew existed can be both intriguing and almost unnecessary. Regardless, here are a few animal facts in gif format from a wide range of animals including the hippo, dog, giraffe, shark, bear and many more. Enjoy and share with a friend. Be sure to have a dope evening and give us a follow on Pinterest. Source: qi.com Comments comments Forward Council » Events 10^10 10^10 participates in group traveling exhibit Our Stories, Our Voices with a collective participatory project titled 10X10, A Table. 12/3 – 12/30/11 – The Asheville Art Council at The Artery 3/1-3/30/12 – UNC Asheville, Highsmith Union Gallery * The exhibit/performance/drawing is scheduled to happen again at Enka High School Media Center from 6-8 p.m. on April 12 Let us know if you want to participate. If you immigrated from another country and want to draw or make music with us, let us know. Please email Martha Skinner at skinnermartha@gmail.com The project is a collective drawing performed and created at the opening of Our Stories/Our Voices Exhibit. Through drawing and music, the most basic cross-cultural mediums of communication, the immigrant artists share collective memory of transformation to reveal a permanent layered image of their emerging faces. Thanks to all who participated! Thanks to Doug Hecker for photographing the event. Check out the time-lapse of the emerging drawing
Co.Design: business + innovation + design ronaldstoops The Quote Illustration Project Illustrations and quotes are always a good combo as can be seen in these posters. It’s a personal project of Tang Yau Hoong (an illustrator who we’ve featured here several times before) to combine selected illustrations of him and quotes by famous as well as unknown people. They’re made into art prints and are available here. Enjoy! About The Artist Tang Yau Hoong is a graphic artist/ illustrator/ designer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia who loves simplistic design. About the author Hi, my name is Houke de Kwant. THE ART OF BART HESS | Chasseur Magazine Art usually follows the same principles as poetry: it has to come from the heart, from the creator’s inner curiosities for the world and humankind, and lastly it isn’t made to be understood by everyone at all times. This is why the work of Bart Hess can be described as visual poetry – the post-modern kind. Bart Hess is motivated by surrealism, his fascination for the human body and intriguing material combinations. Hess uses film, animation and photography to fixate his viewers, calm the senses and allure them into his short hypnotizing screenings. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with a series of outstanding artists from all fields, such as Iris van Herpen, Lucy McRae and Walter van Beirendonck, along many more. Comments
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