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A 2,700-Pound Concorde Sculpture Soars Above the Peninsula Hotel London

Design Milk

The new Peninsula Hotel London is likely to become a popular destination of jet setters, which may partially explain why there’s now a 2,700-pound scale sculpture model of the Concorde hanging overhead inside Brooklands , their rooftop dining destination inside the classic-era British aviation and motorsport inspired space.

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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: David Trubridge on Forward-Thinking Art, Indigenous Voices, + More

Design Milk

He started off with plans to carve wooden sculptures, but in the process of renovating, he unintentionally picked up woodcraft – an easier path to creating furniture. The Coral light followed in 2003, establishing a blueprint the brand would use for kitset products that minimized their environmental footprint.

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Top of the Stack: Colossal’s Favorite Art Books of 2022

Colossal

We’ve published dozens of articles on artist monographs and compendiums of broader topics across art and design and science and history over the last 12 months, and these are the 10 titles that impacted us most. Prime, Art’s Next Generation. Art and Climate Change. Ocean, Exploring the Marine World.

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Our 10 Favorite Brand Spotlights of 2021

Design Milk

Angie Myung started Poketo with her husband Ted Vadakan in 2003 to create design-driven goods that infuse art and design into every day and cultivate a more creative lifestyle. It’s no wonder the brand was a Design Milk favorite in 2021. After this wild year, HAUS is a brand that all pandemic parents should have on their radar.

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The Crazy Hair of Mexican Cholombiano Subculture in Photographs by Stefan Ruiz

Design You Trust

Stefan Ruiz studied painting and sculpture at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Accademia di Belle Arti, Venice, before turning to photography. In addition, he has taught art at San Quentin State Prison and was the creative director for Colors magazine from 2003 to 2004.

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Large-Scale Ceramic Works Break Barriers in the ZEMLYA Exhibition

Design Milk

Biblioteka Bookshelves With ZEMLYA, Makhno has expanded upon the breadth of his work of sculptural lighting and ceramic objets by exploring new scales, forms, and functions. Ongoing conversations with gallery founder Melanie Courbet led to the two developing this series of unique sculptural, functional pieces.