Looking around for ambitious Christmassy gingerbread houses this stunning sugar-and-spice version of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater pinged onto my radar. It’s not a project for the lazy – Melodie and Brenton Dearden spent… Continue reading
This is so astonishingly wonderful. I wish I could make it loop on YouTube because I would happily watch it for hours. You can also download the high resolution images and the animation… Continue reading
Three very different and very beautiful pieces of data visualisation crossed my path today. One a map of London, another a visual representation of plants at different altitudes and the the last a… Continue reading
Each year Les Sapins de Noël des Créateurs (roughly: Christmas Trees of the Designers) sees big names in fashion, design and architecture creating their own take on the traditional Christmas tree. The complete… Continue reading
If that kind of title hasn’t made it immediately obvious, I’m writing about one of Bompas & Parr’s projects — a mirror maze which guides visitors to its heart via a scented aphrodisiac.… Continue reading
Until 3 November there’s a really atmospheric Day of the Dead celebration taking place in the Old Vic Tunnels. Last time I went to an event at that venue I was less than… Continue reading
With the world’s eyes firmly trained on Hurricane Sandy, it seems like an excellent time to flag up Hint.FM’s wonderful Wind Map* which is currently showing a swirling vortex just along the coast… Continue reading
Well these Otto and Victoria scenes are some of my new favourite things from DeviantArt! A significant part of that might well be because I am now imagining that having a loyal pet… Continue reading
Pace Gallery has opened a London branch in the space just behind the Royal Academy to the right of where Haunch of Venison used to be. Opening the gallery is Rothko/Sugimoto: Dark Paintings and Seascapes… Continue reading
Tate Britain’s Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde exhibition piqued my curiosity enough that I willingly spent two hours in its crowded rooms, being gradually nudged around the exhibits by a tide of people. I remember… Continue reading
Keita Onishi’s animated video for Dynamics of the Subway by Haisuinonasa is a rather lovely exercise in audiovisual synaesthesia. The piece was created exclusively using Cinema 4D and, according to Onishi: “Each note from… Continue reading
I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost; I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like… Continue reading
I swear I could run an art blog solely based around ways artists rework and reinterpret Van Gogh’s Starry Night! The latest creation I’ve seen is FlippyCat‘s domino rendition which took two attempts,… Continue reading
Diana Beltran Herrera makes these stunningly detailed paper bird sculptures (as well as other animals) and posts the results on her Flickr channel. My favourites are those above which show the little paper… Continue reading
Remember how Bompas & Parr put a boating lake on the roof of Selfridges last year? Well this year it’s a London-themed crazy golf course… The cake-themed 9-hole course is part of the… Continue reading
The Photographers’ Gallery reopened this weekend with a major solo exhibition of Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s work. OIL represents a ten year survey of the oil industry, with the London space showing over… Continue reading
As a child, my absolute favourite thing about my grandparents’ dollhouse was the tiny tiny doll food. I could care less about the miniature furniture and the dolls themselves, but the tiny plates… Continue reading
I’ve always had mixed feeling about Damien Hirst. Sometimes his work is provocative, interesting or beautiful. At other times I think he, more than anyone else, is flying the (invisible flag) for the… Continue reading
This design appeals to my inner (and outer) gaming nerd, recalling all manner of polygonal terrain stretching into the distance – Darwinia especially. I also like Alicia Cambra’s printing choice as it’s something… Continue reading
Alexander Linden has done a series of four Christmas cards for The Åland Post in Sweden – these are my two favourites. The one above is because the deer looks impossibly chic and ridiculously content,… Continue reading
This one isn’t a Christmas card – more of a Christmas infographic/activity sheet template by Se Ha Ido Ya Mama but this section really caught my eye and could be easily converted into… Continue reading
Christmas Card to Friends is a 2011 project by Group Hug – the name given to trio of friends, Grant Harold, Nathan de Ceasar and Stephen Fitzgerald: “A friend of mine, Grant Harold,… Continue reading
Brief background: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has acquired some videogames for its permanent collection. Jonathan Jones then wrote a response blog for The Guardian saying that videogames aren’t… Continue reading
This glow-in-the-dark Volvo Christmas card from Ivan Ivanov makes a festive tree from headlight beams while it’s not entirely accurate in terms of light physics, it’s a really well executed neat solution. The… Continue reading
I am going to try and highlight a wonderful Christmas card design every day from now until Christmas as a sort of design-based advent calendar. To start proceedings here’s something a little out… Continue reading
