Art

Adrian Arleo honeycomb sculptures

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Adrian Arleo is a sculpture artist coming from Lolo, Monta US. She has been known in many countries around the world since she has participated in various gallery exhibitions such as:

Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY Microsoft, Seattle, WA Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA University of WA. Seattle, WA Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT Her honeycomb sculptures reveal the direct bond between human and nature by creating human forms with elements from nature such as a feminine human body that has honeycomb like texture. Her work can be found in Jane Sauer gallery where someone can also order on of her artworks. Adrian Arleo Sculptures Adrian Arleo at Jane Sauer Gallery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypkVB9DSIhM

Art

Grayson Perry emotional home artwork

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Artists should make beautiful things says Grayson Perry a British artist that won 2003's Turner prize(Transvestite potter) and is mostly known for his bright colored ceramic vases and cross-dressing.

The Vanity of Small Differences, Expulsion from number 8 eden close by Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry recently gave an interview for YOOX where he explains that a good artist is the one that makes really attractive stuff. He recently created a project of six tapestries for Victoria Miro Gallery, London that focus on the emotional world of things we reach daily like eating, drinking or even things we wear. A limited-edition of this project(The Vanity of Small Differences) made for placemats can be purchased online at Yoox.

Art

Phone booths transformed into fish tanks by Kingyobu

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Goldfish in Japan is considered to be the symbol of happiness, luck and prosperity therefore many people praise them and feel well being around them.

A team from the  Kyoto University of Art & Design in Japan called Kingyobu(which means "goldfish club" in English) accomplished a quite interesting project where they took over unused phone booths found in Osaka streets and converted them into fish tanks full of goldfish. Instantly those instalments got locals attention turning them into popular attraction across Osaka city. Kingyobu phone booths

Architecture

Y2Architecture wins the Ketel One Bar Design Competition

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This year Ketel One Bar Design Competition in Australia was won by Melbourne's Y2Architecture scheme that incorporated salvaged materials from architecture offices.

Ketel One Bar Design Award for 2012 won Y2 Architecture

The jury was impressed by Y2Architecture's submission for equally meeting three core criteria for any architectural work; innovation, functionality and style.   Credits ArchitectureandDesign.com.au

Design

Little Sun project by Olafur Eliasson

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Olafur Eliasson is an artist that along with engineer Frederik Otessen developed a small solar-powered light called Little Sun as a practical and cheap source of light for people that have limited or no access to mains electricity.

Olafur grew in Iceland where winter has no sunlight available, this fact created him a kind obsession with light and how people interact with it and connect with each other. The little sun contains a solar panel that gathers solar energy that will later convert it into bright light, 5…