Second Hand: Ceramic Clothing Created From Found Ceramic Tiles by Zhanna Kadyrova.Second Hand is the project Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadyrova started in San Paulo in 2014, inspired by the widespread practice of tiling coloured walls in Brazil. Objects formally reminiscent of clothing are lined with original tiles...
Oil Plastic Sculptures by Stefan Gross.Artist Stefan Gross creates sculptures from his unique ‘oil plastic’ material, made from dying recycled industrial thermoplastic with classic oil paints, creating a translucent substance that behaves like glass at room temperature,...
Carla Cascales Alimbau’s ‘Closer Than They Appear’ Geometric Sculptures.Spanish artist Cara Cascales embraces the irregularities of timber, stone, glass and metal in her latest sculptural series and first solo exhibition ‘Closer than they appear’, on show at WE COLLECT gallery in Madrid. ‘Closer than...
Studio Mumbai’s Handmade Furniture at Maniera Gallery in Brussels.The new furniture collection by Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai is constructed entirely by hand with the aid of a few basic tools. On show at the Maniera gallery in Brussels, the collection manages to at once resemble historical artefacts from...
Bricks Decoded: The Versatility of Ceramic Facades & Screens.The options are vast when it comes to clay-based ceramic tile facade systems, holding major appeal for contemporary projects thanks to their durability, versatility, and sustainable merit. We’re exploring some of our favourite...
Composite Apartment in Madrid, Spain by Gonzalo del Val, Daniel Fernández Pascual & Alon Schwabe.Besides the bright yellow bathroom in this Madrid apartment, natural cork, black rubber, and pale orange living room columns provide the only tonal colour throughout the common areas of the apartment. Stark white surfaces lead all...
Cloister House in Perth, Australia by MORQ Architecture.MORQ Architecture have completed the Cloister House in Perth, Western Australia for a couple in search of a house that provided them with a sense of refuge. “The name is not so much a typological reference to the cloister but instead a...
Three Piece House in Newcastle, Australia by TRIAS.Modesty and sustainability are at the fore of Three Piece House, with Sydney-based architecture studio Trias arranging two main living ‘pavilions’ and a studio around two courtyards. Design decisions were made in the spirit of “less...
Suzanne Jongmans Uses Waste Materials to Recreate Dutch Renaissance.Suzanne Jongmans takes her inspiration from the old Dutch masters, the painters of the past, specifically focusing on the 15th, 16th and 17th century. Rembrandt, Holbein the Younger and Rogier van der Weyden - you’ll find references to...
