Is it Tuesday already? I don’t know what happened in the last 7 days, but here we go again. Lots of visuals this week–less reading. That’s where I’m at too.
Art
Catalan Artist Javier De Riba Brings Coziness To Outdoor Spaces With His Floors Project
Connection through the floor
Mysterious Creatures Emerge from Recycled Materials in Sculptures by Spencer Hansen
Bali-based artist Spencer Hansen, whose work explores identity and connection through a cast of uncanny characters
Step Into The World Of Giant Sneakers With Costa Rican Digital Artist Carlos Jiménez Varela
…massive sneakers perched on towering skyscrapers, sneakers resting on pristine tropical beaches, and sneakers nestled amongst lush jungle foliage
Industrial Design
This Modular Sofa Is Inspired by the Japanese Art of Origami
Ori’s five modules can be used individually or configured together
Wilson’s 3D-printed basketball never needs to be inflated
Wilson’s ‘Airless’ basketball of the future trades an interior bladder for a 3D-printed lattice, yet it bounces just like a traditional ball
Tools
Cubox
Collect a Box of Curiosity
Can you tell how Photoshopped these celebrity magazine covers really are?
researchers trained AI to detect the use of Photoshop
Architecture
Kolman Boye builds “house of offcuts” on Norway’s south coast
In total, around 12,000 offcuts were used in the project
Tiny House / Cazú Zegers Arquitectura
…we saw a fundamental understanding of these units as a pixel within a larger system (considering the final goal of 600 pieces)
Graphic Design/Packaging
Swee Kombucha
The purity and simplicity of Swee’s ingredients is communicated through a modular infographics system where colours and patterns interprets the all-natural ingredients
PayPal
Elevating and energizing an iconic brand
Random
Rantoge
An electromechanical cam clock that hears the time