Art and Designs

New York Times

A Museum Where the Visitors Spray-Paint the ArtNew York Times, United States… free entry, material provided) is the brainchild of the utopian designer Yona Friedman, and he's not your average curator. Clear sheets of plastic adorn the frame of a wooden pergola, topped with squiggly balls of twigs. The art is produced on-site […]

Landscape Design News

vizterra allows landscape designs to be visible before constructionLandscape Design News, AustraliaSTRUCTURE Studios says its vizterra 3D landscape design software allows designers to tour the finished site before the first tree is ever planted. According to the company, every part of the design, including structures, hardscapes, curbing, …

Bangkok Post

BRINGING GARBAGE TO LIFEBangkok Post, ThailandChalit's creative design inspired one famous designer who happened to see his art to present his new fashion at the Asia Fashion Week. What made Chalit even happier was the fact that the designer was willing to recycle piles of unused rags, …

New York Times

Art Review | Gord PeteranNew York Times, United StatesOrganized by the Milwaukee Art Museum, where it was shown in 2006, the show leaves a scattershot impression that makes him seem more a clever designer and resourceful fabricator than a visionary artist. A wall label quotes an observation by Mr. …

Spaces: Home is where the art isSan Antonio Express, TXA nearby retaining wall is covered with brightly painted tiles in a variety of designs. “In honor of my birthday five years ago, I asked friends to each paint one tile in the four colors I had chosen,” she says. Inside, three of the living room […]

Rockin' the stonesGrand Forks Herald, NDWorking with stone means elemental designs, organic textures and art that's like the rock of ages. Rock is also heavy, so there's not just the work of the creative process, but of moving the stones from place to place. “So far this spring, …

Famed NASCAR Artist Sam Bass to Design Fairgrounds Speedway TrophyWhoWon.com, NEWhile his innovative car designs revolutionized the “color” of NASCAR, his original art and use of explosive shapes and colors continue to fascinate the onlooker. While Bass may now be considered a “grown-up” in the sport, he remains young in his …

Creativity

Art vs. CommerceCreativity, NYArt could be said to represent freedom of ideas and expression, while design is dictated by needs. But as the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition "Making Space" increasingly attempts to merge media in a "fascinating barometer of changing artistic tastes …

OregonLive.com

Review: "Parallel Worlds" at the Japanese GardenOregonLive.com, ORIt's simply a different way of seeing the universe, a way that doesn't recognize religion or, for that matter, art, as separate and distinct concepts that can be sectioned off from the rest of life. A lot of the design work in these ceremonial pieces …

mediabistro.com

William Morrish Named Dean at Parsons SchoolARTINFO, NYAn urban designer, Morrish's ideas have been implemented through the Phoenix Public Art Works program, the THINK team's World Trade Center proposal, and in efforts to rebuild New Orleans post–Hurricane Katrina. He starts at Parsons on July 1. …William Morrish Appointed Dean of Parsons' School of Constructed … mediabistro.comall […]