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Spinning a yarn: how Icelandic artist Ýrúrarí turns textiles into stunning works of art

Creative Boom

But Icelandic artist Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, aka Ýrúrarí , has been turning them into stunning works of art. This project evolved into 'visible mending' workshops in her open studio at the The Museum of Design and Applied Arts in 2021. Process and perspective How, we wondered, does she approach creating her unique art forms?

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Best of 2020: Top 10 Architecture Projects of the Year

Azure Magazine

In January, our pre-pandemic selection of 10 striking projects to shape architecture in 2020 looked ahead to a very different future. From hospitals and schools to affordable homes and civic hubs, these are the architecture projects that drew our eye – and lifted our spirits – in 2020: Bevan Road Terrace, London, U.K.,

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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. ” Jah Defender, Demond Melancon, 2020 Photo: Ryan Hodgson-Rigsbe. I like to listen to podcasts and art interviews, or I’m listening to my reggae music.

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Picks of the month: the best (at home) design events in February

Design Week

The virtual landscape is dotted with “structures of diverse programs and aesthetics” Users contribute to this environment by travelling between locations: visiting the kitchens, for example to leave behind recipes, or the forest to share or learn lessons in wildlife or scavenging. Collect 2021, Crafts Council.

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How the Tokyo 1964 Olympics sparked a design renaissance in Japan

Design Week

This impressive (though admittedly tight) turnaround is emblematic of the “new Japan” presented at the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, according to Japan House London director of programming Simon Wright. Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow will open mid-way through the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics. It is a timely exploration.

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Meet the Jury of the AZ Awards 2024

Azure Magazine

Lee Alumni Centre and Ponderosa Hub, both at the University of British Columbia (UBC); Ottawa’s Global Centre for Pluralism for the Aga Khan Foundation of Canada; the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan; and the recently completed Harrison McCain Pavilion for Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

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Meet the Toronto Artist Using LEGO to Explore Race and Representation

Azure Magazine

Coinciding with Black History Month celebrations across the city, Nimako’s latest exhibition, Building Black: AMORPHIA is on now at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre. The Ghanian-Canadian visual artist and sculptor has crafted a series of eight masks made solely of jet-black LEGO components (over 50,000 to be exact).

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