Design Milk

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Created with a geometric pattern exhibiting a color block design, this mirror is crafted from 16 aluminum prisms and blue adhesive opaque vinyl, creating an optical illusion of striped rectangular prisms depending on which angle the reflective artwork is orientated. Photo: Courtesy P.P.OW Our ancestors pay the price for who we are.”

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Colossal

JUNE 1, 2023

All images © Snøhetta and Blanton Museum of Art, shared with permission. Photo by Sloan Breeden Photography The home of Ellsworth Kelly’s iconic modernist chapel titled “ Austin ,” the Blanton Museum of Art has expanded its outdoor art environment with a sculptural installation by Snøhetta.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 4, 2024

Daria Vasilkova , of the Art Group , alongside Oksana Zavarzina and Evgeny Schevchenko, of LakeandWalls , has given life to a quirky, colorful apartment that stands as the epitome of her distinctive style. The red continues throughout the living room covering the baseboard molding and a custom mirror.

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Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

All images © Jonathan Hateley, shared with permission Immersed in nature, female figures dance, reflect, and rest in Jonathan Hateley ’s limber bronze sculptures. The subjects commune with their surroundings, greeting the sun or leaning into the wind and merging with patterns of foliage or lichen.

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Colossal

MARCH 30, 2023

Photo by Alix Joiret The soft pile of tufted yarn meets vibrant color in Brussels-based artist Shishi San ’s bold sculptures. Inspired by the shape, hues, and patterns of Chinese vases, she began a series of nine voluminous vessels that draw on traditional motifs in a collection titled Fluffy.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A former product designer turned bead artist, Jan Huling begins each sculpture with a blank form in the shape of a miniature horse, giant praying mantis, and eager monkey perched on a box. via Women’s Art ). “Hero” (2019), 27 x 22 x 8 inches. All images © Jan Huling, shared with permission.

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Colossal

APRIL 12, 2023

All images © Bayne Peterson, courtesy of the artist and Kristen Lorello, NY, shared with permission As artist Bayne Peterson sketches the voluptuous and sinuous shapes of what will become his vibrant wooden sculptures, he takes cues from organic movement. “I’m thinking less, ‘what does nature look like?’

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Design Milk

JULY 4, 2022

The sculptures are Ngo’s own “memory palaces,” which bring back her nostalgia for the color palettes, pixelations, hazy gradients, and atmospheres of favorite games like ´Pokémon and Animal Crossing.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

On show at Eames Fine Art Gallery in London next month, the striking artworks feature women who meet us posed, positioned and postured in a dazzling array of attire that invites us to consider that most portable form of expression – fashion. But they beg the question, what to wear? From the series, Ensemble © Susie Stone.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

“ My work is as much an abstract sculpture or design that contains some spirit of life in general, and the bird form seems like a pure way to represent this to me,” he tells Colossal. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Find more of his work on Instagram.

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Creative Boom

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Stocking Fillers Grumpy Ant plush toy by Aysha Tengiz If you have a friend who makes (or just appreciates) good art, check out the online shop of Aysha Tengiz, a London-based artist working within illustration, animation and textile design. It's packed with great products such as this plushie with a difference.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Danish designers Laura Bilde and Linnea Blæhr work to combine functionality and sculptural expression through materials and shapes, bringing together tactility, sensuousness, and enticement for the end result. The six carpet patterns within the collection celebrate talented female artists who have paved the way for those in the future.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 12, 2023

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. We sometimes forget how much of a role lyrics play in our love of popular music.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Melding the decadence of Art Nouveau and the whimsy of Alice in Wonderland , artist Carol Long ( previously ) transforms humble clay vessels with an array of small spheres, curled handles, and densely laid stripes. All images © Carol Long, shared with permission.

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BP&O

APRIL 3, 2023

This annual migration pattern is one of the many awe-inspiring natural spectacles that make the city so unique. Every year an impressive 40,000 humpback whales travel along the Sydney coastline.

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Design Milk

MAY 5, 2022

Among the new program is Powerful Patterns , an exhibit created in collaboration with Danish fashion designer, artist, and musician Henrik Vibskov. The exhibit celebrates the museum’s most spirited and colorful patterns, like Galleria (pictured above) – a delightfully curvy pattern created by textile designer Barbara Brown in the late 1960s.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 7, 2023

All images courtesy of Musée des Arts Décoratifs, shared with permission Water, skeletons, and the origins of life usher in a major retrospective of the exquisite, otherworldly garments of Iris van Herpen ( previously ). Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Fashion Art Sculpture Exhibition 91

Colossal

OCTOBER 2, 2023

All images © Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, shared with permission In a celebration of global cultural fusion, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA upends Western art historical portrayals of African customs in vibrant mixed-media collages and sculptures ( previously ). Shonibare says: I discovered that Picasso had a collection of African art.

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Colossal

JULY 26, 2023

“I was also inspired by Ai Weiwei ’s ‘Circle of Animals’ sculpture recreating the 12 animal heads of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing.” Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. “Instead of Year of the Tiger, it would be el Año del Jaguar. .”

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Design Milk

AUGUST 3, 2021

We’ve long been fans of LA-based artist Joshua Abarbanel , who I recently started following on “The Gram” There’s something mesmerizing about his intricate, layered laser-cut wood sculptures that captivate. See more of his nature-inspired work here. He says: Hull 04, detail.

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Creative Boom

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Returning this month to Saudi Arabia is a unique art exhibition set in an ancient desert region of the Arabian Peninsula, using only the natural landscape and surroundings as inspiration. Dana Awartani Desert X AlUla 2022, photo by Lance Gerber. The backdrop of the orange desert and the bright blue sky only adds to the drama.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 31, 2023

From her art-filled desert home near Joshua Tree, California, to walls in cities around the country, her surroundings transform into her canvas. From murals to paintings to moving sculptures, she takes a prolific approach, constantly experimenting with different media. “Magic Buffalo,” Buffalo, New York.

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Colossal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Beginning with a copper armature, the North Carolina-based artist stretches vintage paper or patterns of scanned objects across a minimal metal form and stitches the edges together into a geometric patchwork. via Women’s Art ). Constellations, butterflies, and bold checkered prints overlay the animalistic forms by Anne Lemanski.

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Colossal

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Seoul-based artist Yeesookyung ( previously ) fuses Korean and Japanese craft traditions in her elegant, gilded sculptures. Blending ornately patterned vessels with deities and animals, the delicate assemblages meld shards of discarded ceramic into new forms with bulbous sides, halved figures, and drips of metallic epoxy.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 8, 2024

Can art inserts become a seamless part of the volume?” Visitors make their way to a vestibule seemingly carved out of stone, with ledges that serve as seating for rest and shelves to accommodate shoe storage, before turning the corner to be greeted by an art wall. Can we use this process to create a warm work culture?

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Colossal

JANUARY 12, 2023

Exemplifying the possibilities of combining humble materials with a good dose of resourcefulness, Ann Weber ’s monumental sculptures find their beginnings in discarded cardboard boxes. She then applies layers of strips cut from other boxes and staples them into place in a repetitive, textured pattern. Photo by Ray Carofano.

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Colossal

JUNE 21, 2022

From hunks of walnut, Suzuki carves miniature sculptures of wildlife like antelope, elephants, and bears, with innumerable divots and gouges forming the distinct textured patterns of their coats or skin. Japanese artist Tomohiro Suzuki is behind the minimal wooden menagerie of Kyoto-based workshop Kokemusu Mokkou.

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Colossal

MARCH 29, 2021

These towering sculptural forms are by artist Debbie Lawson ( previously ), who crafts animals that are cloaked in sweeping Persian rugs. A new menagerie of polar bears, stags, and kangaroos resemble typical wildlife except for the fact that they’re literally swept under the carpet, their features hidden from view.

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Colossal

APRIL 27, 2020

Italian sculptor Fabio Viale inks his marble reproductions of iconic sculptures with heavy scenes of ancient stories, swirling waves, and foreboding clouds. Viale doesn’t paint the marble but rather infuses an arm or chest with color and pattern in a manner that’s similar to tattooing a human body. Viale’s Laocoön.

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Colossal

APRIL 28, 2023

Sexton enjoys papier-mâché for its versatility and accessibility, using additional readily available materials like cloth, wire, and acrylic paint to build up each animal’s unique textures, patterns, and colors. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

On view at Japan House Los Angeles , the exhibition showcases more than 70 sculptures and installations that recreate the fantastical animated characters from Squirtle to Pikachu in ceramic, metal, fiber, and more. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

For Boston-based artist Nathalie Miebach , art is a way to translate scientific data into a visual language of patterns and relationships. “ Each piece began with a specific question I had and then the sculpture would attempt to answer it.

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Design Milk

MARCH 9, 2022

Drowning Girl Sculpture by Ruben Orozco Loza. Looking like she’s already accepted her fate, Ruben Orozco Loza’s Drowning Girl sculpture is as beautiful as it is disturbing. A few months ago, I wanted a new rug for my dining room and was drawn to Tumble’s Sena pattern in sand/multi.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Exploring trauma and addiction through intricate paper cuttings, pasted murals, and mythical stop-motion animations is at the heart of Caledonia Curry’s practice, and the Connecticut-born artist, who works as Swoon ( previously ), extends that approach in a mobile sculpture that peers into the intimacy of family life. via Artnet ).

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Azure Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Take her Bubbly series, a soap bubble- and botryoidal hematite-inspired collection that explores naturally occurring attractions and cluster patterns to stunning effect. The post Rosie Li and MONDAYS Collaborate on a Sculptural New Lighting Series appeared first on Azure Magazine.

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Design Milk

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Alex Proba and glass artist Austin Stern have teamed up to create the ooey gooey Gelée Series of five, one-of-a-kind sculptures. Each component is made by filling a shell made of colored, patterned glass with an interior of clear glass. In its liquid state the material resembles liquid goo! Photography by Nicholas Peter Wilson.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

” The resulting forms are evocative of both flora and fauna and traditional pottery, although Long’s sculptures emphasize smooth, sinuous walls and squiggly bases rather than angled edges. Whether a vase or wide-mouthed jar, the whimsical sculptures are brimming with color and textured details. via Women’s Art ).

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