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Big Chief Demond Melancon Is Rewriting the Definition of Contemporary Art Through Beads

Design Milk

These are the tools and materials New Orleans-based artist Demond Melancon uses to create his Black Masking suits and his contemporary art portraiture series. The massive suits he creates, and wears as a Black Master in ceremonial battles on Mardi Gras day, are sculptural forms based on his own body. Glass beads. A whole lot of time.

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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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8 Standouts from London Design Festival 2023

Azure Magazine

Here, she chronicles several of the city’s top exhibitions. Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving.

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Savvy Studio Unveils “Altars to Chocolate” in Manhattan

Azure Magazine

It’s a personal endeavour that blends his affinity for not only the confection itself, but also travel, art and culture. The work of Italian sculptor and architect Umberto Bellardi Ricci, Zoccolo V is a series of five sculptural plinths that serve as, according to Prieto, “altars for, to and of the chocolates they exhibit.”.

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Creative leads on the women that inspire them most

Creative Boom

Through exhibitions and text, her work pushes the boundaries of design and uses the material environment as a lens to understand the world in which we live. After an early career as a lawyer at a magic circle firm, she began her art career at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Maggie Holladay. Photography by Bobbie Brown. Her inspiration.

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15 DIY Cameras That’ll Blow Your Mind

Feature Shoot

“Even today, a century and a half later, there is a very cool and active DIY community devoted to the craft of building cameras.” I started learning more and more about design, machining, and craft–so much so that I eventually made a whole career shift away from Photography and into Engineering.

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The 10 Most Influential Architecture Projects of the Decade

Azure Magazine

Grain silos turned cutting-edge art venue. CCTV Headquarters by OMA, 2012. Inside the chapel, more tiles (these unembellished) line the walls, which contain simple pale-wood furnishings, including an altar, bench and chairs, crafted by a Porto-based studio. A moving monument to the Afro-American experience.