Architects are fantastic at finding a use for awkward spaces — using them to full potential where others might only see narrow gaps. These projects are perfect examples of those skills.
Nendo is a design studio founded in 2002 by Oki Sato, one of the world’s most well-known and prolific designers. Based in Tokyo and Milan, Nendo (‘clay’ in Japanese) designs graphics, products, furniture, installations and interiors that seek to surprise people in subtle, intelligent and playful ways. At the heart of the studio’s vision are simplicity, curiosity and craftsmanship. Here is a brief selection of Nendo’s fascinating work.
We Live in an Ocean of Air is a virtual reality experience where the invisible connection between plant and human is revealed through breath. In a 20–minute experience, cutting-edge technology illuminates the invisible, but fundamental, connections between human and natural worlds. Visitors to the experience at the Saatchi Gallery in London are transported to an ancient forest to witness the majestic power of the largest organism to ever exist — the giant Sequoia tree.
Chiharu Shiota (based in Berlin, born in Osaka, Japan) is best known for her immersive installations, such as The Key in the Hand, with which she represented Japan at the Venice Biennale in 2015.
Denizen Works is a London and Glasgow based studio that takes its name from a plant naturalised on foreign soil. With projects scattered across the UK and beyond, it takes inspiration from local history, landscape, microclimate, and community.
Many of the projects we write about on our blog often seem other-worldly, but the amazing concepts below really are just that. Read on to find out how artists, designers and architects are looking beyond the boundaries of the earth for their inspiration and planning on taking their creativity into space.
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Tate Modern has unveiled a major new acquisition by South Korean artist Haegue Yang. Sol LeWitt Upside Down – Structure with Three Towers, Expanded 23 Times Split in Three 2015, consists of over 500 Venetian blinds suspended dramatically from the ceiling.
Maxim Zhestkov’s practice – Zhestkov Studio, is a digital art and design specialist that he founded alongside partner creatives back in 2015. The studio works at the intersection of art, design and computer graphics to develop new forms of moving images for clients around the globe including these massive brand names – Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, LG, PlayStation, Nike, Under Armour, Jimmy Choo etc.
Universal Everything is a global collective of digital artists, designers, animators, musicians, and developers, creating video artworks for iconic architecture, inventing immersive multi-sensory experiences and directing new forms of moving images.
