Born in Poland, living in Athens Greece, Adam creates 3d enviroments that resemble sculptures or installations. His work ranges form photorealism to surreal and abstract. Human figures in front of strange buildings, huge faces in pieces, abstract lines in space and couples made of wire kissing…

Emily Wettstein is a 25-year-old designer living in Brooklyn, NY who built this planter table as part of her application to grad school for architecture. The table is made from reclaimed walnut and steel with a removable planter that can hold a variety…

The sculptural installation titled Nasutamanus depicts an elephant once again performing a balancing act with its trunk, but this time the creature is featured from a rotated view. Instead of simply doing an elephant's version of a handstand, it appears to have suctioned its…

BOA MISTURA –“Good Mixture” Specializes in graffiti, street murals, illustration, graphic design, studio painting and outdoor installations. A true diverse group of designers-artists come together and create extraordinary works of art; Artist - Architect Javier…

Carlos Alberto Rezende Sobral is known for working with recycled plastics to produce polyester resin material (s) and has fine tuned his techniques by developing exquisite Designs of Jewelry, Home Décor, Accessories and Furniture Pieces.  This material emulates amber, wood, pearls, precious stones and ivory. The entire production process from start to finish is ECO Green including…

Peripetics or the Installation of an Irreversible Axis on a Dynamic Timeline.

Conceived as a modest one-room cabin, the house packs a kitchen, living, dining areas and two sleeping alcoves into just 750-sf; a 500-sf screened porch and sleeping loft create a thick threshold between inside and out. Double French doors connect the house to the porch. When flung open, the…

Roberta Rammê currently Partner and Creative Director at “Maena Arquitetura e Design” in Porto Alegre, Brazil specializes in creating strategic and conceptual designs applicable to various environments in brand visual identity to the point of sale. The Concept Form of the All-in-One Wave Chaise was designed with extreme technological functionality at its best for the global hi-tech culture of…

A house of 350 m² in Kifissia is an oasis for a family of four, constructed in a small, almost square level plot. The visitor enters through the left side of the building. The design concept focused on establishing additional open air spaces so as to create a pleasant habitat in the small plot. Thus, the stone mass in the…

Not a typical design for Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, the Peace Bridge in Calgary, Canada, was inaugurated at…

Gorgeous and ECO GREEN ~ Brazilian Designer Nicole Tomazi has launched a new collection called Fractal at the Salone Satellite. The collection includes an armchair, table and shelving system.

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“The Adventures of Mr. Fly” is a series of macro photographs documenting the leisure activities and pursuits of a fly who enjoys skateboarding, bike riding, playing piano and an occasional dip in the pool. The photos were created by Belgian artist and photographer…

W Retreat and Residences Koh Samui is the first W Retreat in Southeast Asia. An all-villa beachfront resort, it is located on a 26-acre site on Maenam Beach, at the north shore of the island of Koh Samui. The retreat features 70 villas, each approximately 160 sq m, W’s signature Living Room and Lounge and a…

Walid Raad is a contemporary media artist originally from Lebanon and now mostly based in New York. He formed The Atlas…

Carlos Drummond de Andrade is considered one of the most important Brazilian poets. Born in the mining town of Itabira on October 31, 1902 and died in Rio de Janeiro on August 17, 1987.

The Statue of Poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade was installed in 2001. The monument is made of bronze, life size, and reproduces the figure of Drummond sitting- facing away from the…

At the first meeting, the clients introduced both their growing family and growing art collection. They were particularly excited about a new artist, Vik Muniz, whose works based on photographs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis provided a delightful discovery upon closer inspection: paintings of the iconic images…