First Playable Beer – Beck’s Edison Bottle
German beer company Beck’s, so long associated with art, has turned its cultural affiliation to music and created the world’s first playable beer. The Beck’s Edison Bottle conceived in New Zealand, saw 19th Century technology meet 21st Century music, with the latest from the Beck’s Record Label project. The label is replaced with vinyl-esque grooves … Read more
Nathan Sawaya – The Art of the Brick
Over fifty years ago, when the colourful interlocking toy bricks were created in 1949, no one would have believed the strength of brand love that was to follow for LEGO. However, to this day this perpetual love affair shows no sign of abating. In The Art of the Brick, an exhibition at the Discovery Times … Read more
Banpo Bridge – LED Rainbow Fountain
Banpo Bridge over the Han River in downtown Seoul, South Korea is the setting for a spectacular LED rainbow fountain. The stunning moonlight show is the world’s longest bridge fountain with nearly 10,000 LED lights illuminating the 190 tons of water shot out form the bridge every minute. The display runs along both sides of … Read more
Recycled Brooklyn
Sustainable living is grabbing a hold of all of us, forget 3D printing, recycling, reusing and re-selling old, unwanted materials has never been more ‘on trend’. Williamsburg, New York-based furniture design company Recycled Brooklyn – the clue is in the name – are masters in making sustainable items fashionable must-haves. They do this by ensuring … Read more
Dave Cole – Patriot Games
New Hampshire-born, Rhode Island-based conceptual artist Dave Cole mixes craft with political messaging, often making the viewer rethink their thoughts on national identity and patriotism. Cole’s protean craftsmanship gives voice to both a scholarly knowledge of this nation’s past and a conscientious understanding of what it means to be American in today’s society. His work is a poetic inquisition … Read more
Hiromi Hirasaka’s Kokeshi Matches
Japanese artist Hiromi Hirasaka has created a series of matchsticks which feature facial expressions on their heads, igniting a bit of a humour to what is typically seen as the mundane. Aptly named ‘Kokeshi Matches‘, the fire starters already have physical attributes similar to the Japanese dolls which have long cylindrical bodies and spherical heads, … Read more
Light Show – Hayward Gallery
The immensely popular Light Show at London’s Hayward Gallery is the latest in the Southbank gallery’s great succession of entertainment shows. The exhibition shines bright with series of art that twinkles, glistens, glitters, radiates and glows. For anyone that loves neon lights or even that horrible 90s office strip lighting – this will blow your … Read more
Lucy + Jorge Orta – Cloud: Metéoros
St. Pancras International is fast becoming one of London’s most iconic public art spaces and last week saw Lucy and Jorge Orta’s Cloud: Metéoros, two 2om wide magical nebulae float high above the Eurostar concourse. Set amid the glass-vaulted architecture of the listed Barlow Shed, Cloud: Metéoros resembles vast cumuli populated with travellers, a ‘magic carpet’ … Read more
Sarah Anne DiNardo – Tape Artist
Sarah Anne DiNardo is no ordinary artist; she has a unique skill born from a curious childhood love of Chiquito banana stickers. DiNardo’s love of the tactile feeling of tape evolved and manifested itself in her adult life into a creative passion for making intricate tape sculptures. The talented artist, creates one-of-a-kind tape sculptures with … Read more
Martin Usborne – The Silence of Dogs in Cars
East London-based artist Martin Usborne’s has turned a childhood memory of waiting in a car whilst outside a supermarket into a series of photographs that focus on the ever-curious relationship between humans and man’s best friend, the dog. The series, entitled ‘The Silence of Dogs in Cars’ showing now at The Little Black Gallery in … Read more
Hanksy – More Than Just Tom Hanks
New York-based artist Hanksy uses the streets as his canvas, employing clever puns and turns of phrases to delight fans and observant passersby. Shortly after moving to New York in 2010, Hanksy began noticing the city’s vibrant street art scene, in which hand painted works of art, elaborate stencils, and detailed screen prints enrich blighted … Read more
Billboard Street Art by Ox
Parisian street artist Ox is brightening up the streets of France with his project Poster Time. Ox takes on the classic billboard with a refreshing, humourous take on the surroundings, creating optical illusions with the original pieces of work painted on paper. As with all billboard adverts, the works only last for a short amount … Read more
Nike Air Max Reinvent
To celebrate 25 years of the iconic Nike Air Max, the sportswear brand has partnered with five up-and-coming London creatives to launch Air Max Reinvent. The exhibition, at Arch 402 Gallery in Hoxton, showcases Matt Box, Bruno Drummond + Gemma Tickle, Rosy Nicholas, Oscar Bolton Green and Sam Coldy’s creative reinterpretations of the classic sneaker’s … Read more
Dita von Teese in 3D Printed Dress
Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese wore a 3D-printed dress by designer Michael Schmidt and architect Francis Bitonti at the trendy Ace Hotel in New York. The black-lacquered dress is made of several rigid plastic parts fused together to create the netted structure. Despite von Teese looking completely naked underneath, the dress is draped over a nude … Read more
Yinka Shonibare – Fabric-ation
British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare has brought a splash of his typical lighthearted colour to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park with his installation Fabric-ation. The exhibition, his largest yet, showcases over 30 of Shonibare’s art amongst the expanse of cedars and firs in the idyllic landscaped gardens. The show includes sculpture, film, photography, painting and collage, with … Read more
PRISM – Mario Testino
PRISM gallery in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, is hosting the first gallery exhibition by Mario Testino in the United States in seven years. One of the most celebrated photographers in the world, Testino ingenuity lies in his capacity to cement the cultural, social and commercial impulses of the moment and distill them into lustrous images. … Read more
Jake and Dinos Chapman – The Sum of all Evil
London-based artists Jake and Dinos Chapman present their first ever solo exhibition ‘Chicken’ in Ukraine at the PinchukArtCentre in Kiev. The show includes the artists’ latest piece ‘The Sum of all Evil’, four miniature landscape dioramas charting significant historical events with their typical subversive humour. The works play to the central themes of the Holocaust, … Read more
Richard Jackson – Bad Dog
Bad Dog by artist Richard Jackson is a temporary sculpture installed at the Orange County Museum of Art. The 28-foot-high giant black labrador is part of the Richard Jackson: Ain’t Painting a Pain exhibition, the first retrospective devoted to the works of the Sierra Madre, Californina-based artist. It has one of its hind legs cocked … Read more
Jaume Plensa – Wonderland
Barcelona-born sculptor Jaume Plensa is one of the world’s most celebrated public artists. Plensa’s work is best known for the monumental figurative sculptures that are seen across the globe. The Spanish artist was commissioned by Calgary’s The Bow plaza to create two artistic legacies for the space. Plensa’s Wonderland, a 12-metre tall bent-wire portrait of … Read more
Fin Art
In an old mechanics shop in Denver, Colorado is Fin Art Co. the brainchild of childhood friends Rob McGowan and Ben Olsen. Fin Art takes salvage furniture to new heights, melding together vintage materials into truly masterful pieces of modern furniture. Scouring old junk yards to sort through piles of forgotten material, the team take … Read more
