Wiener Werkstätte The group of the Wiener Werkstätte was founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser . These artists and craftsmen were very much inspired by the ideas of Art & Craft and Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) movements that were made to be used or seen in our everyday lives and made the link with the […]
Read More The Origins of Branding and DesignThe Shining’s Overlook Hotel The Shining’s Overlook Hotel remains one of the most disturbing locations in horror. Let’s looks over its history, and how it tells Kubrick’s story… Cinema is full of set designs so beautiful, you almost wish you they were real. Fritz Lang had vast chunks of city built forMetropolis. Joseph Mankiewicz nearly brought […]
Read More Iconic Set DesignTales of Auto Elasticity Inspired by Californian road trips along endless highways through deserted baron lands. Auto aerobics began life as a tiny idea for a project about New York. Walking through Brooklyn on a winters evening is a truly memorable experience which motivated me to build a digital 3D model that captured the various […]
Read More Chris LabrooyBackstreet Cocteau Montreal Urban Style Dark alleys were the first to be marked with Zïlon’s poetic signature. Dubbed « The Backstreet Cocteau » (ref to French poet, filmmaker, artist Jean Cocteau), he was one of Montreal’s key figures during the 80’s punk and underground movement. I decided to display here only his work in Black and White… […]
Read More ZÏLON NOWAVEDoomed Futuristic Homes Left to Rot in Beauty These abandoned flying saucer-style holiday homes built for US military officers in Taiwan left to rot are built on burial grounds… Sanzhi Pod City in Taiwan was designed as a holiday resort for US officers Space age homes built in 1978 on top of a burial ground […]
Read More San Zhi Pod City Eerie DecayA FAILED 1960’S ATTEMPT AT UFO LIVING The UFO-shaped house in Royse City, Texas, sits alone in an overgrown field, a vision of some solitary failed retrofuture dream. The Futuro House was designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in the late 1960s. Made of new materials like plastic and manufactured to be portable and adaptable to diverse terrain with its raised legs, […]
Read More FUTURO HOUSESWeird but Awesome Those that are drawn to the more creepy side of life will be thrilled to find out that 1920s Paris was obsessed with all things macabre. And that goes for nightclubs, too. During the 20th century, a number of different cabarets opened across the city, complete with gargoyle ceilings, bone chandeliers and […]
Read More Creepy NightclubsArt Nouveau Is a Philosphy, a Way of Life Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art – especially the decorative arts – that was most popular during 1890 — 1910. It was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried […]
Read More Art Nouveau IISoviet fabrics from the 20’s and 30’s If you walked by a set of curtains made from one of these fabrics, you might not pick up on a communist star or the CCCP acronym. Many of the designs below are thematic of classical Russian art; you see lush color, dense scapes and even the odd […]
Read More Communism in TextilesSteel Dreams Are Made of These.. It’s the arrival of a new era, a new kind of human being, a new power, a new sensation… a surrealistic virtual world in which men and women are equally physically adapted in terms of strength and abilities. Fan Xiaoyan‘s series of sculptures flesh and metal are combined with an […]
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