Church for Crabs: Architectural 3D-Printed Hermit Shell
A hermit crab scuttles along the sand, carrying a perfect replica of a Japanese wedding chapel on its back, complete with a tiny spire. After designing a series of crystal-clear ‘crawling ...
Tag: sculpture
Lead Finger: Incredible Miniatures Carved Out of Pencil Tips
Eagle feathers, the folds on Yoda’s robe and individual bricks on iconic buildings are among the impossibly tiny details captured in pencil lead by miniaturist Salivat Fidai. The Russian artist ...
Past Preserved in Paper: Miniatures Document Gentrification
Today, that charming old brick building on the corner might be a market where you can still grab a six-pack at a decent price; within mere months, it could be knocked down for a gleaming ...
Architecturally Alive: 16 Transforming & Kinetic Buildings
Will the cities of tomorrow be filled with intelligent kinetic architecture that moves and transforms of its own accord, as if it has a life of its own? The designers of these 16 structures seem ...
Surprises in Storage: 14 Clever Compartments & Organizers
Rejecting the idea that storage furniture needs to be hyper-functional above all, these innovative bookcases, credenzas, wardrobes, tables and shelves put the focus on unusual shapes and ...
Urban Playscapes: 14 Interactive Installations in NYC
New York City is essentially one massively oversized playground, with interactive art installations ranging from vibrating inflatable globes stuffed under the High Line to mazes in Madison Square ...
Function Follows Form: 18 Sculptural Home Furnishings
Turn your home into a gallery with functional furnishings that double as sculpture, like cabinets in the form of human torsos and beds shaped like roller coasters. These 18 designs blur the lines ...
Electronic Autopsy: 24 Sculptures Made of Computer Parts
Art made of salvaged circuit boards and other computer parts put what is normally hidden on full display in a sort of autopsy of our consumerist society, highlighting how quickly the things we ...
More Map Art: 27 Cool Cartographic Sculptures & Drawings
Rivers become veins in detailed portraits, mirrored city blocks resemble modernized Persian rugs and urban topographies emerge from rolls of tape in these map-based works of art. Some create the ...
So Metal: Intricate Sculptures Made of Nothing but Nails
Most people use nails just to hang art on the wall, but Maine-based sculptor John Bisbee collects thousands of them to craft incredibly intricate sculptures into spiked balls, undulating waves, ...
