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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Courtesy of Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner. Images © David Levene Yayoi Kusama and Dots Obsession, 1996-2011 Installation view_ The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. © YAYOI KUSAMA.

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F5: Dylan Mulvaney Looks to the Past to Create the Future

Design Milk

While branding began in Egypt around 2000 BC as a mark of ownership for cattle, Ancient Romans borrowed the technique and added meaning. By 1956, his signature style had become so successful that he started to shift into fine art. Photo: Archivio Museo Civico di Castelleone, M. The Fortis Factory Lamp (150 AD).

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Where I Work: Marie-Louise Høstbo of Fritz Hansen

Design Milk

After receiving a Master’s Degree in Architecture in 2000 from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Høstbo worked as an architect before establishing galleries in Copenhagen, Paris, and Zurich for the Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery.

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Photographing the birth of hip-hop

Creative Review

also includes a bonus section documenting the rise of hip hop in Europe: Bramly returned to her native France in 1984 and is credited with helping bring the first US hip hop artists to Europe, including Fab Five Freddy, Futura 2000, Rocksteady Crew and many more. 

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A Solitude Feeling with this Tribute to Edward Hopper

Trendland

A series from 2000, but some reasons feels very relevant right now. French photographer couple Clark et Pougnaud shot this stunning tribute to Edward Hopper.

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This Artist Creates Stunning 3D Murals On Buildings And Walls

Design You Trust

Wild Drawing is a talented street artist who specializes in stunning 3D murals that turn transform bland structures into works of art. Born in Bali, Wild Drawing, or WD for short, first got into street art in the year 2000 during his studies at the School of Fine Arts.

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Women in UX: Susan Kare

UX Collective

in fine arts from New York University, Kare received a call from Andy Hertzfeld. Armed with her fine arts education in pointillism, her mother’s lessons in embroidery, and a notebook full of graph paper, she built some of the most iconic icons in Mac’s storied history?—?including A few years after receiving her PhD.