Volcanoes hold a fascination for people. They are, at the same time, a portal to below the earth’s crust and a deadly, though beautiful, force of nature. These projects draw on the mystique of volcanoes to create stunning architecture and attractions.
We were stunned by the creativity, imagination and forward thinking of these projects — all based on kites and flight. While Craig Green’s work for Moncler gives fashion another dimension, the Makani and Albedo projects offer a glimpse of what the future might hold for flight and energy. We hope all three will let your imagination take flight too.
Reflection has long been used in architecture and design. There are thousands and examples of the use of mirrors on buildings and in landscapes, we’ve chosen a few that we feel are particularly innovative and artful.
Step into a world of alien sculptures, where the artists draw on shapes from the natural and supernatural to create work that is all at once thought-provoking and beautiful.
Prolific Swiss artist Claudia Comte is currently exhibiting striking new wall paintings in her show The Morphing Scallops, devoted solely to her painting and drawing practice. Running until February 16 at the Gladstone Gallery in New York, the art transforms the gallery space into a striking work of ever ever-morphing, syncopations of contour and form created to echo the ancient art of cave paintings and drawings, at the same time reflecting the conventions of the digital age. Squares, circles, golden sections, fractals rhythms and algorithms interact and synthesise, using a language of both mathematics and universal consciousness.
We couldn’t help but write about this design when we saw it: The Doggy Bathroom, from Canadian designer Alain Courchesne. It is billed as “the only indoor potty solution that efficiently works for small dogs and is stylish enough to blend seamlessly with any décor”. The Montreal-based start-up recently launched pre-sales on Kickstarter after its much-anticipated reveal at SuperZoo Expo in Las Vegas last June.
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