http://designalmic.com design + signal + dynamic Thu, 23 May 2013 04:42:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://designalmic.com/neo-expressionism-figurative-painting-jean-michel-basquiat/ http://designalmic.com/neo-expressionism-figurative-painting-jean-michel-basquiat/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 03:52:27 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=37593 Jean-Michel Basquiat was an American artist. He began as an obscure graffiti artist in New York City in the late 1970s and evolved into an acclaimed Neo-expressionist and Primitivist painter by the 1980s. Jean-Michel Basquiat used a mix of text and image in his work, creating paintings that are based in the language of grafitti art...]]> http://designalmic.com/neo-expressionism-figurative-painting-jean-michel-basquiat/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/kinetic-solar-powered-chandeliers-luke-jerram/ http://designalmic.com/kinetic-solar-powered-chandeliers-luke-jerram/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:04:01 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=37400 Kinetic Solar-powered Chandeliers Artwork by Luke Jerram, This 5m tall chandelier containing 665 radiometers was designed and created for the Bristol and Bath Science Park, UK...]]> http://designalmic.com/kinetic-solar-powered-chandeliers-luke-jerram/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/extra-moenia-bronze-sculptures-embedded-in-gallery-walls-matteo-pugliese/ http://designalmic.com/extra-moenia-bronze-sculptures-embedded-in-gallery-walls-matteo-pugliese/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 08:48:43 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=37030 The collection of sculptures Extra Moenia was created by the Italian sculptor Matteo Pugliese, who lives and works in Milan. The collection depicts men who give the feeling of being trapped in the wall. Their construction is primarily made of bronze...]]> http://designalmic.com/extra-moenia-bronze-sculptures-embedded-in-gallery-walls-matteo-pugliese/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/nests-and-cocoon-like-forms-installations-laura-ellen-bacon/ http://designalmic.com/nests-and-cocoon-like-forms-installations-laura-ellen-bacon/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 06:02:06 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=36716 The work of Laura Ellen Bacon has been described as, ‘monumental’, ‘uncanny’, ‘compelling’ and ‘beautifully strange’. Laura’s contemporary sculptures were initially inspired by nests and cocoon-like forms and she has since developed her own unique language with materials – a language that communicates the properties of the materials she uses and her strong desire to turn chaotic amounts of raw materials into ‘spaces’ of some kind...]]> http://designalmic.com/nests-and-cocoon-like-forms-installations-laura-ellen-bacon/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/bad-dog-labrador-sculpture-at-ocma-richard-jackson/ http://designalmic.com/bad-dog-labrador-sculpture-at-ocma-richard-jackson/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 07:58:14 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=36680 Artist Richard Jackson recently installed a 28-foot-tall sculpture of a black Labrador taking a pie int he Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Newport Beach, California. The installation, known simply as Bad Dog,claiming its temporary territory throughout the run of the 74-year-old artist’s first retrospective exhibit titled Richard Jackson: Ain’t Painting a Pain...]]> http://designalmic.com/bad-dog-labrador-sculpture-at-ocma-richard-jackson/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/peoples-meeting-dome-bureau-detours-kristoffer-tejlgaard-benny-jepsen/ http://designalmic.com/peoples-meeting-dome-bureau-detours-kristoffer-tejlgaard-benny-jepsen/#comments Sat, 16 Mar 2013 00:31:12 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=35632 The two Danish architects Kristoffer Tejlgaard and Benny Jepsen have recently completed a deconstructed geodesic dome, commissioned by BL, the interest organization representing about 700 housing associations, which manage almost 20% of Denmark's dwellings. The architects wanted to create a unique structure not only for the event (which was intended to discuss the future of housing), but also offer an independent piece of work that would in itself be a contribution...]]> http://designalmic.com/peoples-meeting-dome-bureau-detours-kristoffer-tejlgaard-benny-jepsen/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/button-artwork-augusto-esquivel/ http://designalmic.com/button-artwork-augusto-esquivel/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:52:18 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=35306 Miami-based artist Augusto Esquivel realistically duplicates objects by suspending thousands of sewing buttons on mere strings. Each strand of his incredible sculptural pieces work with their adjacent string of buttons to create colorful replicas of everything, from a basic geometric cube to a stone fountain covered in flowers and spouting water...]]> http://designalmic.com/button-artwork-augusto-esquivel/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/golden-moon-lead/ http://designalmic.com/golden-moon-lead/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 06:44:56 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=35140 LEAD created Golden Moon for Hong Kong Mid-Autumn Festival - The event, which attracted over 400,000 visitors last year, features a Giant Lantern, “Golden Moon”, with colourful LED lights and sound effects. The lantern’s design and construction is the result of a design competition organised by Hong Kong Tourism Board in conjunction with Hong Kong Ambassadors of Design, Hong Kong Designers Association and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects...]]> http://designalmic.com/golden-moon-lead/feed/ 0 http://designalmic.com/hand-written-text-portrait-paintings-annemarie-wright/ http://designalmic.com/hand-written-text-portrait-paintings-annemarie-wright/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:31:28 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=34975 Annemarie Wright is one of the UK’s most exciting young artists. Her work has appeared in the New York Post, USA today, The Telegraph, The Mail and Time Out London to name a few, she has also exhibited widely throughout the UK & USA...]]> http://designalmic.com/hand-written-text-portrait-paintings-annemarie-wright/feed/ 1 http://designalmic.com/superkilen-urban-park-copenhagen-big-topotek1-superflex/ http://designalmic.com/superkilen-urban-park-copenhagen-big-topotek1-superflex/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 02:56:09 +0000 Designalmic http://designalmic.com/?p=34742 Superkilen is a half a mile long urban space wedging through one of the most ethnically diverse and socially challenged neighborhoods in Denmark. A collage of stories and urban situations from around the world: Bjarke Ingels Group, Topotek1 and SUPERFLEX’s response to Copenhagen’s most multi-cultural district...]]> http://designalmic.com/superkilen-urban-park-copenhagen-big-topotek1-superflex/feed/ 0