I was recently in New York to attend The Next HOPE, the 8th
Hackers On Planet Earth conference. HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)is a conference sponsored by 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. While returning home from the event, I was thinking of a friend of mine who would have enjoyed the conference as much as I did. So I sent her an email..
Ten Reasons Why You Should Attend HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth)
Tomás Saraceno – 14 Billions (Working Title) 2010
Artist and architect Tomás Saraceno explores the world we inhibit through his experiments in art and sustainability.
For the 14 Billions (Working Title) exhibition Saraceno collaborated with astrophysicists, engineers, and spider researchers to create a large scale model of a black widow’s web. Inspired by the scientific study of spiders’ webs to understand the origin [...]
Concrete & Design
Stefan Zwicky’s concrete version of the Le Corbusier Chair.
According to The Skeptical Environmentalist, concrete is used more than any other construction material in the world. I imagine this is because it’s fairly cheap, and resources for making concrete are practically unlimited. The down side to this is that concrete contributes to global emissions [...]
Tattoos & Design
Back in 2007, Design Miami featured a three day tattoo parlor furnished by DWR. Organized by Tobias Wong, Josée Lepage, and Aric Chen, “As Long As It Lasts,” featured tattoos designed by Hella Jongerius, 5.5 Designers, Yves Behar, Tord Boontje, Vito Acconci, KAWS, Juergen Meyer H, Andrew Allenson, and Lawrence Weiner.
Some photos on sallyTV’s [...]
Kiki Smith @ UPenn
Photo by Nan Goldin
Kiki Smith is a sculptor, printmaker, photographer, and installation artist. Her subjects range from anatomy, art history, mythology, science and feminism. She’s known for her provocative sculptures of the body and its anatomical parts. Typically they express vulnerability through potentially humiliating yet natural functions, such as urination [...]
Audrey Kawasaki
Audrey Kawasaki is a painter and illustrator living in Los Angeles, California. Paintings stylistically reflect art nouveau and Japanese manga, creating tension between innocence and seduction. Her work is distinct: young girls with transparent features and evocative wide set eyes. Oil paint is spread thinly on wood allowing for the grain to show through.
With [...]
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests
Dutch artist Theo Jansen creates autonomous walking beasts from plastic tubes and bottles that can react to wind, and can store this energy for later use as compressed air. They “breathe”– they “think” and soon they will evolve.
Nikki S. Lee, Subcultural Chameleon
Nikki S. Lee is known for studying subcultures by introducing herself as an artist and participating in their activities. She then portrays them by posing for photographs. Her various projects include: the Hispanic project, skateboarders project, lesbian project, yuppie project, punk project, seniors project, etc. GAK is currently running an exhibit of her [...]
fabian seibert for suelzkotlett
Fabian Seibert’s products combine engineering with design. I really loved his 2004 grad jewelry collection.
tie wrap necklace
Fluidcity, whoa
FluidCity…
is it love?
ever since my highschool anatomy class, i’ve had a real obsession with anatomy, medicine, and the like. add art in the mix and i’m drooling. i found this the other day… appears to be some kind of medical workshop i’m really not familiar with… but the images were great.
and oh! oh oh [...]
Escultura Social: A New Generation of Art from Mexico City
This exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago sounds awesome. I’ve never been to Chicago.. I’d like to get out there sometime.
