Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is especially apparent in South Beach, where Ocean Drive presents a long row of art deco hotels splashed in pastel shades and illuminated by bright neon signage. That said, don’t mistake the city’s weeklong program of art and design events for a celebration of empty visual excess.

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Design Milk

JANUARY 3, 2023

New York-based Liz Collins is a queer feminist artist and designer who’s known for her use of bold abstract patterns, inventive materials, and experimentation with fiber. Through a playful sense of color and evocation of gendered labor, Collins creates her own disruption of the boundaries found between art, design, and craft.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Here are the top picks in this category: Art and Design Books From modern to contemporary works, art books give designers eye candy to admire and draw ideas from. Some examples: Taschen’s The Art Book : A visual dictionary covering 500 influential artists and their most famous pieces from medieval times to today. $14.49

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Colossal

JUNE 6, 2023

All images © Catalina Swinburn, shared with permission “The cloak is a talisman from harm, keeping one safe and secure throughout transitions,” says Chilean artist Catalina Swinburn , whose elaborate sculptures use thousands of pieces of folded paper to explore world history.

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Colossal

MAY 16, 2023

All images © Oliver Chalk, shared with permission Hewn from solid hunks of found timber, Oliver Chalk ’s vessels ( previously ) embrace the natural grain and gradients of different types of wood to reveal voluminous functional sculptures. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month.

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Colossal

JANUARY 13, 2023

“Where We All Meet” (2022), paper sculpture, 1 x 1 x 1 meter. The Netherlands-based artist focuses on the interplay between light and shadow in intricate, three-dimensional dioramas that emphasize storytelling in window displays, brand identities, and gallery presentations. Details of “Where We All Meet” (2022).

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Colossal

AUGUST 18, 2022

From her studio in Canberra, Australian artist Sally Blake ( previously ) twists and plaits copper wire into baskets and sculptures evocative of the organic matter ubiquitous around the planet. All images © Sally Blake, shared with permission.

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Colossal

JANUARY 31, 2024

Using textiles gathered from discount stores, resale shops, and friends, Capron stitches stylized figures whose bodies emerge from entangled clusters of limbs or coquettishly pose against the gallery wall, inviting each viewer with a flirty smile. Form and material dovetail, emphasizing the artist’s interest in change and regeneration.

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Colossal

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All images © Studio Ibbini, shared with permission Artist Julia Ibbini and computer scientist Stéphane Noyer of the Abu Dhabi-based Studio Ibbini ( previously ) continue to collaborate on intricately constructed works that fall at the intersection of art and mathematics. Keep up with the duo’s latest sculptures on Instagram.

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Colossal

APRIL 7, 2022

At once malleable in material and secure in shape, the vessels that comprise Suzanne Shafer-Wilson ’s body of work are intricate studies of texture, pattern, and space. If you’re in Chicago, you can see some of Shafer-Wilson’s sculptures at Vale Craft Gallery.

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Colossal

JULY 11, 2022

The heavily patterned works, which have shifted from functional to decorative, are made by hand-knotting wool and layering the yarn into lush, textured motifs. Huotari begins every work with a color palette and surface, whether in the form of a wall-based piece or a freestanding sculpture.

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Colossal

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Japanese artist En Iwamura creates large ceramic sculptures of heads with minimalist facial features. Holes and slits reference eyes and mouths on the oddly-shaped forms, while uniform grooves traverse the clay surfaces in complex patterns. All images © En Iwamura.

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Colossal

JANUARY 18, 2022

All images courtesy of Cal Lane and C24 Gallery, shared with permission. Her quotidian designs adorn tools and commodities typically associated with masculinity, warping both assumptions about gender and the limits of construction and craft. “I thought it was so beautiful, brilliant, and poetic.” x 5 inches.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As a result, children can now delight in the park’s charming custom playground equipment, which includes climbable river otter, sturgeon and salamander sculptures by Danish studio Monstrum. PHOTO: Bruce Engel Komera Leadership Center, Rwinkwavu District, by BE_Design The whole place breathes.

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Azure Magazine

MAY 20, 2022

We walked the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign Manhattan from end to end, stopped into dozens of showrooms in SoHo and Tribeca and saw everything from a shade made out of eggshells to a hug machine designed by a group of students from New York’s School of Visual Arts. It’s set to launch in 2023. Eric Mutrie.

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Colossal

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

All images courtesy of Hashimoto Contemporary, shared with permission At Hashimoto Contemporary ’s Los Angeles gallery, there’s more than enough to go around. Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $5 per month. Alexis Trice, “The Taste of a Memory” (2024).

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Colossal

JUNE 5, 2023

“Existing with the moon under our feet” (2022), installation at Deli Gallery, New York, NY. Image courtesy of the artist and Deli Gallery. ” “A resilience of things not seen” (2022), installation at John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

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Azure Magazine

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Among the major themes of LDF 2023 was an emphasis on sustainability (expressed through alternative materials and processes); the rise of more collaborative, cross-cultural approaches to design; and a resurgence of craft production techniques like weaving. Here were eight highlights of my cross-town tour.

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Azure Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Behind a tangle of streetcar wires, the long, swooping contour of Frank Gehry’s deft reinvention of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) unfolds to the west, while the avant-garde modernism of Will Alsop’s Sharp Centre for Design floats like an otherworldly presence overhead. At the heart of the tapestry? OCAD University.

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Creative Boom

MARCH 7, 2022

After an early career as a lawyer at a magic circle firm, she began her art career at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Priya read modern languages at Cambridge University then received a distinction and the annual dissertation prize in the history of design from the Royal College of Art. Her inspiration. His inspiration.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2023

A sculptural stair with half-polished chrome slats connects the top level to the second storey. Designed as a gallery for the Damontes’ rich collection of art and furniture, it doubles as a laboratory of sorts for the couple’s creative projects. “We The Damontes share an affinity for Italian postmodernism, colour and pattern.

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Azure Magazine

JULY 1, 2020

In addition to these storied vessels, which range vastly in scale, he also relays more personal experiences in his sculptural works. Why you should know them: Alongside her practice, Shaw-Collinge is a core member of the collaborative Indigenous curatorial platform Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective. Campos Studio, British Columbia.

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Our friendship was cemented when we discovered a shared passion for mid-century art and design over a cup of Sylwia’s incredibly strong tea. The more we learn about this exceptional era of Polish poster art, the more we fall in love; not only with the Polish posters themselves, but with the incredible and iconic artists who created them.

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Azure Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Their sculptural form and imposing scale suggest a labyrinth as envisioned by Henry Moore, but Cloud Garden, as the design is known, was created entirely with small fry in mind, its arches and cutouts tailor-made for scrambling under, climbing over and gamboling through. Gallery at Sketch by India Mahdavi, 2014.

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Smashing Magazine Graphics

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Covid Art Museum. Of course, design isn’t quite like art. While design tries to solve a particular problem, art makes us think and feel — provoking us and questioning the status quo. But art can also bring around new perspectives and change in times when it’s so much needed. Image credit: Covid Art Museum ).

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Inkbot Design

APRIL 8, 2024

Instead of showing Photoshop's familiar UI or Illustrator tools, Untied's branding depicted the creative apps through vibrant, analogue mediums: stop-motion sand spreads, vibrant paper sculptures, and even… platters of deliciously arranged food. For design software? ” collector's mania.

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High on Design by Wix

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

This online portfolio is also the place for you to craft the story behind your personal practice, shaping its narrative in your own words, colors, and style. Isabelle’s illustrator website includes an art portfolio that showcases her works in a long scroll format. Miranda Sofroniou. Naomi Wilkinson.

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