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Unleash Your Inner Bear With the “Born to be Wild” Public Artwork

Design Milk

NEON creates some of the best site-specific public artworks out there, and Born to Be Wild stays true to that statement. The permanent installation is centrally located within Keepmoat’s Cable Wharf development in Northfleet, UK, designed so that the public can interact by climbing, sitting on, and walking through it.

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The best art books to enjoy in the summer of 2022

Creative Boom

Art and fashion have always had a tumultuous and unpredictable relationship. A founding figure in the mid-century New York School movement, Philip Guston helped pioneer a modified form of representational art known as neo-expressionism. Black Artists in British Art: A History since the 1950s by Eddie Chambers.

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Industrial Arts: Detroit Month of Design Celebrates Creative Heritage

Azure Magazine

Conversely, the same terms are a prelude to the gentrifying coffee shops, boutiques and art galleries that seemingly erase the city that came before. And on the third floor, the Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center (ISAIC) offers education in garment production, as well as a small manufacturing hub. Among their products?

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A Solar-Powered Bench That Spins Ever So Slowly

Design Milk

Interactive outdoor art installations are some of our favorites! Now, Melbourne-based art and technology studio ENESS has launched A Solar-Powered Bench That Spins Ever So Slowly. This intention makes a statement about the future of public infrastructure and what energy sources are being used for light, movement, and animation.”

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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

This collaboration between the unique graphic stylings of public artists Cushing, maker of bespoke colored glass, and Sparey, a metalwork artist, is born from friendship, a deep appreciation for the other’s specialty, and a fusion of robust industry knowledge. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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F5: Jason Bird’s Favorite Chair + the Simple Things He Favors

Design Milk

There, he designs and manufactures furniture, lighting, and objects for both residential and commercial use. He then relocated to the US and designed for several major manufacturers, gathering loads of experience along the way. Design seems at the crossroads of art and engineering.” Photo: Chloe Chavanon 1.

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Kiki Goti’s Selene Exhibition Dazzles at Alcova and Beyond

Design Milk

The selection rests somewhere between entry and exit, public and private, foyer and hearth. And the lamp was manufactured in Manhattan, taking cues from its siblings as it borrows geometry for tiny oblong appliques secured by nodes.