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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

Sometimes, art can provide a fresh way to look at things. There he took a Master of Fine Arts degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Europe’s traditional and oldest art academy, where he studied technique and materials of sculpting, art history and anatomy. What is beauty?

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F5: Sarah Jefferys Prizes Sustainable Design, Lots of Natural Light + More

Design Milk

She has been acting principal since the studio’s establishment in 2001 completing numerous residential, commercial, and small institutional designs from new construction, additions, and renovations throughout New England and the United States. Today Sarah Jefferys joins us for Friday Five ! Photo: Morten Smidt 1.

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DM 15th Anniversary: Tanya Aguiñiga Spills the Milk

Design Milk

. “I actually started as a community activist,” Tanya reminisced, “focusing on migrant rights and border issues as part of the Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo.” Tanya first began her business somewhere around 2001, per her estimate, designing, making and selling homegoods. Felt Birds.

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Meet the Jury of the 2023 AZ Awards!

Azure Magazine

His gamble paid off and in 2007, he opened his eponymous studio , where he envisions an impressive array of product and furniture design, as well as art direction and interior architecture, for such international manufacturers such as Ligne Roset, Bonaldo, Buzzispace, Varaschin, Casamania, La Chance and Another Country. JERRY VAN EYCK !melk’s

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A Holiday Gift Guide for Every Type of Design Lover

Azure Magazine

Consider this sculptural stoneware a reminder about the importance of balancing work with play. These sunny textiles inspired by California pop art should do the trick nicely. The pared-back silhouettes of these carefully crafted homewares make them a perfect choice for deep souls with an appreciation of timeless simplicity.

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Product design is going down a weird path, but we can still save it

UX Collective

Don't get me wrong, we do have amazing artists nowadays, but most of them are probably doing their art as a hobby and earning 30 cents a month from it while begging for likes on their social media. What really succeeds is the fast-pacing, disposable art that people will notice it for 20 seconds on a TikTok video — if you're lucky.

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San Antonio Small Businesses That you Need to Watch Out For

Canny

Some sell coffee , others produce beautiful works of art for you to buy and display at home. That’s why we keep pace with the rapid evolution of coffee craft and often lead the way. Glass Art Classes. The art they create needs to be seen to be believed. Busted Sandal Brewing Company was formed sometime in mid-2001.