What do American Apparel and conceptual art have in common? Unless encouraging the continued abuse of v-neck t shirts by the male population is considered conceptual art, then you’d probably guess nothing. Yet the company famous for it’s sweatshop-free production  and controversial advertisements has managed to become involved in an ambitious architectural project. A collaboration with Ball Nogues has resulted in ‘Built to Wear’, an installation specifically designed for the 2009 Shenzhen Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. The installation is made up of over 15,000 pieces of clothing donated by [ Continue Reading ]

Cake – (noun) a sweet, baked, breadlike food, made with or without shortening, and usually containing flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, eggs, and liquid flavoring.

A Michelle Wibowo Cake – the most amazingly crafted and elegantly designed edible thing you have ever laid eyes on. [ Continue Reading ]

Abigail Reynolds brings pictures to life, simply by cutting, folding and pasting.

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If you love things that are a little different and want something special for a room in your home. [ Continue Reading ]

A picture is worth a thousand words. In this sense, architectural artist, Stephen Wiltshire became very eloquent at age five. Although actual, orated communication would not commence until the age of nine, when teachers coaxed him to speech by temporarily removing his art supplies, inspiring Stephen to ask for their most-welcomed return. “Paper” was his first word.

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In the market for art 24/7?  Then take a trip down to Toronto during their all night art event called Nuit Blanche to witness enough art to last you a century!  This fabulous graffiti art was the result of five street artists who were invited by a colleague to deck a hotel room out at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto.  More pictures below! [ Continue Reading ]

Robbie Rowlands is a sculpture and guess where this installation is…In a beach house kitchen! Practical? Not really, but who says art has to be practical?  [ Continue Reading ]

This is the winning design for a main stadium for the 17th Asian games in Incheon, South Korea.  The main event will take place in 2014 and the stadium will accommodate 70,000 people.  After the event, however, it will become [ Continue Reading ]

First the pyramids emerged.   Then came the ingenuity of hotels made of ice.  Now we have hotels constructed entirely with recycled key cards!  Oh what’s next?  Tell me please.  A castle made of cupcakes?  (wishful thinking, wishful thinking)

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