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Shotaro Kitada creates a serious yet jokey reality in his paper sculpture artworks

Creative Boom

Japanese illustrator Shotaro Kitada uses humble rolls of copy paper to create three-dimensional handmade sculptures that inhabit their own peculiar reality. Having studied graphics at university, Shotaro Kitada started his artistic career in 2018 as an illustrator. That's how I settled on the style I use today."

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Jan Kaláb’s Graffiti Has Always Been Art + Now It’s Even More

Design Milk

“My paintings teeter on the edge of sculpture and my sculptures are mostly painted,” said Czechoslovakian contemporary artist Jan Kaláb. Since the early days of his practice, paintings, sculptures, and 3D graffiti have been added to his portfolio, and his work has been shown in galleries around the world.

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Berndnaut Smilde Conjures Fleeting Nimbus Clouds as They Hover Indoors

Colossal

All images courtesy of the artist and Ronchini Gallery, shared with permission For less than ten seconds, Berndnaut Smilde ’s floating sculptures transform galleries, halls, and warehouses into uncanny spaces where indoors meets out. via Aesthetica Magazine ) “Nimbus De.Groen” (2017).

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Chromatic Pastels Brings Joy to Light Effects Lovers Like Me

Abduzeedo

His work spans a broad range of disciplines, from animation and live action, to sculpture and CGI. Named an ADC Young Gun in 2012, & Print Magazine's New Visual Artist '15 Under 30' in 2015, his art film Chromatic was premiered at TED 2018 “Age Of Amazement” He's directed films for Apple, Google, Microsoft, Ford, and Adidas.

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It’s time for dimensional thinking in design

UX Collective

Because words do not necessarily have to be written in straight lines, just like sculpture may not need to have permanence, Sirató ends the manifesto with the following words, “Deductive with respect to the past. Vanja Malloy (pictured on the center) curated the Dimensionism exhibition in 2018. LOW←TECH MAGAZINE.” Decker, Kris.

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A Corten-Steel Circle Honours the Dish With One Spoon Territory

Azure Magazine

As for the latter, it’s a striking three-metre-high steel sculpture mounted just east of where Gould Street meets Nelson Mandela Walk in downtown Tkaronto (Toronto). While the school’s lack of name reflects a temporary institutional limbo, the absence of a formal title for Two Row’s sculpture has a more intentional genesis.

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AZURE Talks at IDS: Redefining Modern Design in 2022 — and Beyond

Azure Magazine

David was the inaugural Associate Director of the Maamwizing Indigenous Research Institute and the Director of the McEwen School of Architecture from 2018 to 2021. In 2018, David was co-curator of UNCEDED: Voices of the Land , Canada’s official representation at the Venice Biennale. and Canada. Evan Jerry.