New York's Brooklyn Bridge Park is offering whimsical and interactive installations as part of an exhibition by Public Art Fund. This exhibit encourages viewers to touch, walk through, and engage with the art, allowing viewers to overcome the typical distance expected at venues like a museum. In addition to the Mirror Labyrinth featured above, the exhibition includes Appearing Rooms, a room enclosed by walls made of jets of water, and several unique park benches. Read more about the project here!
This installation at the Palais de Tokyo by Henrique Oliveira is quite spectacular. As she describes it, the expression of the twisting organic trees breaking free of the existing columnar structure are a form of architectural anthropomorphism. No matter what you call it, I think the result is pretty amazing. I'd love to take a walk through this space.
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An artist client sent a link to these paintings by Winston Roeth, and I find them stunning. I love the contrast between white and colored space.
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Marco Casagrande is a Finnish architecture working in Taiwan... He's fairly well-known for The Chen House, but as this project proves, he is thoughtful and considerate in all of his work.
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This insertion of a Finnish sauna into an eastern urban fabric hopes to provide a point in which we can experience both the modern and the ancient. Rather than paraphrase all the ways in which this project aims to affect the city's chi, I would highly recommend visiting Marco's site dedicated to this project. It is well worth the read...
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I remember a magic trick from when I was a kid, where you would hold up a piece of paper and say that with one cut, you could make a hole big enough to climb through... of course, your obliging audience wouldn't believe you, so you'd then proceed to fold the paper and cut a back and forth slit, which you would then stretch out and actually step through..
This project reminds me of that.
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And it is kind of unbelievable that it is made entirely from Corian.
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A piece of installation art for the Bronx Museum, this project by Vito Acconci is a study of our understanding of public spaces. I'm not totally sure what I think of the project... I wish I could see it in person.
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Has anyone checked it out?
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A friend of mine from school is living in Chicago and maintaining his long distance relationship with his girlfriend in Coimbra, Portugal. They are both totally stylish and talented, so I'm not surprised that they decided to take advantage of their environment to proclaim their love. Painted on the stone by a tree below her apartment, I'm sure this Love Tree brings a smile to her face every day.
Cupcake Royale
Cupcake Royale
Capitol Hill Residence
Capitol Hill Residence
Western Bridge
Beverly Hills Residence
Beverly Hills Residence
Vashon Island ResidenceI was at the Cupcake Royale on Capitol Hill the other day.... and really fell in love with the interior. A quick post on twitter, and soon I knew the designer! Domestic Architecture, an offshoot of Roy McMakin's sculpture and furniture design developed a really fantastic interior space that successfully integrates sculpture (not in the photo, but fantastic bent wire birds decorate one of the main walls), custom furniture, branding, and the overall space.
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I've spent the afternoon looking through the rest of Domestic Architecture's site... The use of color is great, as is the treatment of the buildings as sculpture. The graphic nature of most of the designs is a testament to Roy's life as a sculptor and designer.
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Most of these properties are private, but if you have the opportunity, definitely check out Cupcake Royale.
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