Dutch Designer Christien Meindertsma Turns Waste Wool Into Colossal Lamb Sculpture.Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma pushes the boundaries of sustainable design with her latest work for the MECCA x NGV Women in Design Commission. Using discarded wool and a pioneering robotic tool, Meindertsma has created a...
One With Nature: Casa Nogal by Raul Almenara.On the lands of a reigning walnut tree, Spanish architect, Raul Almenera, places down a large granite rock and carves out traditional family home. However, unlike typical homes, Raul uses the granite to lay the bones for a very solid...
Bibu Pet Store by One Fine Day Studio & Partners.One Fine Day Studio orchestrates a retro-furtistic dreamscape for this pet store in Guangzhou, China. Inspired by the sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey", the project looks to the Space Age to create an interior that stands in striking...
La Fetta Dairy Store in Bagnolo, Italy by SCEG Architects with artist Hilario Isola.SCEG Architects, artist Hilario Isola and graphic design studio ELYRONA team up to create a cohesive identity for this dairy store in Bagnolo, Italy. With a striking totem of sliced cheese, old wooden curing boards imprinted with brie and...
Being Human: William Wegman’s Striking & Surreal Portraits of Weimaraner Dogs.American artist William Wegman uses canine muses to ironically portray characters, comment on fashion trends and address movements in art history. His latest exhibition, Being Human, includes 90 large-scale polaroidâs of his pet...
Bleached Gothic by Australian Photographer Petrina Hicks.Living up to her reputation for enigmatic and multi-layered images, Petrina Hicksâ surreal compositions are seen together for the first time in Bleached Gothic, on show at NGV. Each work is diverse in their conveyance of the inherent...
Leila Jeffreys’ ‘High Society’ Photography Exhibition.Australian contemporary photographer Leila Jeffreys presents her latest nature-inspired works, âHigh Societyâ, the result of almost five years of planning. Having documented birds since 2008, the new exhibition revisits the world of...
Debbie Lawson’s Mind-Bending Sculptures Merge Animal Figures with Persian Carpets.London-based artist Debbie Lawsonâs sculptures are probably like nothing youâve ever seen before, combining Persian carpets with taxidermy-esque animal figures. The works infiltrate the safe predictability of domestic settings,...
The Animal Backbone Pet Store in Shanghai, China by I.F.S.E. SPACE CREATIVE LAB.A stainless steel form perforated with almost half a million holes rises up through The Animal Backbone sanctuary/pet store set within 1933 Shanghai building, designed by I.F.S.E Space Creative Lab as a tribute to the countless animals...
