Art With a Message.

Following on from the success of the recent Art Mash-Up post, I wanted to share with you two art projects which were recently submitted to me by readers. One is from Sydney, the other all the way from the mountains of Italy. Both have...

Helga Steppan.

Just the the other day, I received a little correction message on yellowtrace's facebook wall to say that one of the images I had in my Visual Diary album was incorrectly labelled. What? I know - shocking! Yes, I made a mistake. I really...

Bik Van der Pol | A House With Hundreds Of Butterflies.

Warning. Warning. Mop and bucket to poor seats of all architecture nerds! If looking at these images leaves you somewhat confused, don't worry - you are not alone. Inspired by Mies van der Rohe's highly acclaimed Farnsworth House, this...

Power Plant at Chinese Garden | Sydney Festival 2011.

This year, Husband and I are going bit Sydney Festival crazy, with tickets to 8 different shows, and I have a feeling we won't be stopping there either. Why would you - it is affordable (get the festival multipack y'all) and it's SO MUCH...

Wallpaper Love.

I saw this incredibly beautiful wallpaper on Design*Sponge the other day and I simply had to share. This collection of wallpaper lengths is Kirath Ghundoo's masters in textiles graduate project. Inspired by the Paul Smith Women's/Menswear...

Installation & Set Design | 2010 Archive.

01 | Llove Exhibition in Tokyo. 02 | Architecture of Dance | Set Design by Santiago Calatrava. 03 | Georges Rousse. 04 | Falling Garden| Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger. The most popular post for 2010 with over 20,000 hits. Blimey! 05 |...

Ryuji Nakamura.

I am not really sure how to introduce the work of Japanese architect Ryuji Nakamura. 'Extreme love' is a bit thin. 'Genius' doesn't quite cut it. 'Mesmerising' gets us close, but doesn't really do it justice. There are very few people...

Packing Tape Design Installation | Numen/For Use.

These spiderweb-like installations by Austrian-Croatian design firm Numen/For Use involved wrapping between 70-45 km of tape and 4-7 days, depending on their location. The idea for the installation originates in a set design concept for...