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the inner chambers

an absolutely wonderful (concept for a) book on the workings of the mind, created with laser-cut paper pop-ups, by young designer moon brouwer, see more stuff on her own site…

m / 04-06-2012 13:45 - tags: , , ,  

garden of the gods

these beautiful and tragic landscapes of delapidated urban sprawls such as detroit are merely part of the output of american artist scott hocking, who collects objects and abandoned possessions from deserted industrial locations to create large-scale ‘art trouvé’ installations

(tip via ‘léon hendrickx’)

m / 18-05-2012 17:22 - tags: , , ,  

nerhol

…Iida and Tanaka asked the subject to try to stay as motionless as possible (worst nightmare). The stack of images are then sliced through to create a graduated crater effect, showing the passage of time like the rings of a tree…

some amazing ‘topographic’ images from japanese duo nerhol with some rather special techniques employed in their creation too

via it’s nice that who also did an interview on their work and methodology

m / 15-05-2012 08:22 - tags: , , ,  

dots, days, data

felt and wire have written a small piece (with interview) about the imminent feltron 2012 annual report from ‘nicholas felton’

m / 14-05-2012 08:06 - tags: , , ,  

modified social benches

…rather than places of rest and solitude; they foster exchange between the users and the passers-by…

some whacky public benches with a message from artist jeppe hein

(via mister ‘uwe’)

m / 11-05-2012 14:38 - tags: , , ,