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Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

Creative Boom

A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. During the 1950s-1980s, when the colony was under British rule, public housing embraced the modernist architectural approach, and Hong Kong initiated mass housing projects that dramatically redefined urban living. Weird, isn't it?

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Magical world of inflatable art opens new cultural landmark in Manchester

Creative Boom

The new venue will be commissioning and presenting a year-round programme by leading artists from across the world. Yayoi-chan, 2012-2023 Installation view from Manchester International Festival 2023 exhibition ‘Yayoi Kusama_ You, Me and the Balloons’ at Aviva Studios. Images © David Levene.

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15+ Best Graphic Design Books in 2023

Just Creative

Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Sale 81 Reviews Design Is a Job Audible Audiobook Mike Monteiro (Author) - Mike Monteiro (Narrator) English (Publication Language) 03/31/2014 (Publication Date) - A Book Apart (Publisher) $12.99 But to improve as an artist, one must receive criticism and comments from peers and the general public.

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Riken Yamamoto Wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Azure Magazine

Demonstrating a diverse mastery of scale, one side of the building features an expansive uniform façade, while the other unlocks its own city that evokes medieval towns of Switzerland imbued with new technologies evolved for present and future lifestyles. Here, too, private homes meet the civic space — a tree-lined central square.

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Cowboys, Gangsters, and Intellectual Humor: The Illustrative World of Glen Baxter

Design You Trust

Baxter’s captivating artwork has graced the pages of notable publications such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Independent on Sunday. Presently, Baxter resides and continues to create art in London. The Impending Gleam, published in 1981, is one of his most recognized satirical works.

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A Photo Series Captures the Ubiquity and Intrigue of Newsstands Around the Globe

Colossal

No matter the city, there are certain fixtures that are universal among urban settings: corner stores, infrastructure for public transit, pockets of green space, and of course, newsstands, which are the subject of a compelling series by Los Angeles-based photographer Trevor Traynor. via Present&Correct ).

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10+ Best Books to Learn Drawing in 2023

Just Creative

The introduction isn’t practical Includes many exercises Learn More Latest Price on Amazon: Sale 662 Reviews The Natural Way To Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study Nicolaides, Kimon (Author) English (Publication Language) 240 Pages - 02/01/1990 (Publication Date) - Harper Design (Publisher) $11.58 Buy on Amazon 2.