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New York City Ballet Art Series Presents DRIFT’s ‘Shylight’

Colossal

DRIFT’s “Shylight” (development 2006–2014), aluminum, polished stainless steel, silk, LEDs, robotics. Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta are DRIFT, a multidisciplinary group that creates experiential sculptures, installations, and performances, uniting audiences with moments that inspire a reconnection to our planet.

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Cultural festivals for the soul: 2024 events that celebrate art, design, and creativity

Creative Boom

January Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival – China, 5 Jan-early March Ever been to an ice sculpture festival? Dress warmly in layers and book a guided tour to explore Harbin's ice sculptures and local cuisine. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, 2020. We'd heartily recommend it!

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David Adjaye Awarded RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

Azure Magazine

With a suite of early residential projects — described by the jury as “sensuous dwellings set boldly against and within the shifting landscape of central London,” including 1999’s austere Elektra House — Adjaye began cultivating the sculptural language and distinct handling of materials that now defines his expansive body of work.

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Famous Pop Art Artists’ Everlasting Influence on Graphic Design

Creative Market

They range from paintings to sculptures to photography to everything in between. However, in 2006, one of the paintings from this Soup Cans series was sold for almost $12 million. In the composition, Crawford is nothing more than an ad icon who speaks in generalities, presenting more ad slogans. Campbell’s Soup Cans.

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DM 15th Anniversary: Top 15 Posts of All Time

Design Milk

To kick things off, we’re taking a look back at where it all started and that’s our editorial content, so we crunched the numbers and now present to you the top 15 posts, the most read, most beloved articles we’ve posted over the last 15 years. Read through to find out which post is #1! UPDATED] Modern House Numbers.

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DRIFT’s Newest “Materialism” Sculptures Reconfigure Reality

Design Milk

The Amsterdam-based artist duo DRIFT is known for deconstructing and remixing reality, transforming everyday objects into surprising sculptures that shift our perceived relationships with the world. Installation view of DRIFT Materialism: Past, Present, Future at Pace Gallery. 1980 Beetle, 2021. It’s all there.

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10 Landmark Projects Shaping Architecture in 2024

Azure Magazine

. # Hampi Art Labs, Tungabhadra, India by Sameep Padora and Associates Mumbai architect Sameep Padora has been creating sublime architecture attuned to its context – like the wonderful Maya Somaya Library at Kopargaon – since setting up practice in 2006. Due to be completed imminently, the Hampi Art Labs is his most recent masterstroke.