Pasta is definitely one of my weaknesses, but in so far as art goes I’ve never given it much thought beyond camp crafts. Luckily set designer Gemma Tickle and photographer Aaron Tilley have, creating five different settings with five different kinds of pasta in Tradizione, Costruzione – Italian for Tradition, Construction – in The Gourmand. The project pays homage to Italian architecture and decorative elements.
Today’s featured artist is definitely not for the faint of heart. Meet Eliza Bennett who used own skin to create an embroidered sculpture entitled A woman’s work is never done. But there is a point aside from the shock effect, Eliza aims to chronicle the effects of labor intensive work, while drawing attention to low paid jobs such as cleaning, caring, and catering, all of which are traditionally considered to be gender specific towards women through the piece.
(via designboom)
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Baltimore-based artist Seth Adelsberger creates paintings that appear to verge on scientific experiments, petri dishes in particular. I love the sharp, jagged angles and monochromatic color palettes used on each piece.
(via Little Paper Planes)
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PHOTO: Reza Bassiri
Listen to I Know You’re Living In My Mind on Spotify.
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01/ A cyclist captures New York City from his handlebars.
02/ Solar Flare keeps the promise of summer alive and well in Calgary.
03/ Chopsticks, reinvented!
04/ IceShifts captures the beauty of everyday clothing frozen inside ice.
05/ My cats would flip for these elevated cat perches and walkways!
06/ Francisco Negroni captured a killer set of photos as Cordón Caulle erupted in Chile.
07/ This homemade colored ice fortress is incredible.
08/ Andrew Myers uses the heads of screws to create textural art.
09/ A rundown gas station in Ireland gets a makeover as street art.
10/ Max Lamb uses the sand to cast and create.
This week on Design Crush:
Eight of my favorite prints for January.
I’ll go to the grave with my Whitney English Day Designer!
If you’re heading to SLC next week you’ll want to print out our 2014 Alt Design Summit Wardrobe Planner + Packing List.
Loving the geometric and nature inspired jewelry from BEPARTstudio.
Check out my daily project on Instagram – 365 Quotes!
A beautifully executed textile collaboration between Rebecca Atwood + Calypso.
Crushing on the illustrated words of Social Assembly.
Can’t wait to have a few of these Plumen 200s in my home!
I reinvented my favorite childhood dinner – Mushroom Stroganoff.
My favorite trend of the new year is a good Aztec print.
You can also find me on Euro Style Lighting, this week I’m chatting about illuminating your home with designer floor lamps!
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Plumen recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for its second designer low-energy lightbulb, and holy crap the campaign is already fully funded! It’s really easy to see why, just look at Plumen 002. Art and ambience all in a lightbulb of all things. They’ll be available for purchase come September 1st and LED products are coming down the pipeline.
Loving the illustrated style of Social Assembly‘s Jessica Eckert and all of the high quality cards, prints, and home goods the shop has to offer. Bonus: all products are made in the USA!
I have a mega design crush on Brooklyn-based artist Rebecca Atwood, and if possible it just got bigger. Her use of traditional textile techniques and hand painting makes my heart go pitter patter and both are on full display in the new Rebecca Atwood and Calypso St. Barth collaboration. Four unique designs with reversible details are now available online and in stores. The white canvas, subtle metallics, and soft sea greens and blues will bright up your winter and still feel fresh and vibrant when summer rolls around! You can read more about the process on Rebecca’s blog.
If you follow Design Crush on Instagram – @designcrush – you’ve probably noticed a handwritten quote popping up every day since January 1st. I started writing down my favorite words in a journal sometime in the late 90s, so when I was brainstorming ideas for my first full-fledged 365 project last December it was the natural choice. If you’d like to follow along and maybe find a little inspiration in the process please do!
