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From Space Age to Metaverse: Vitra’s New Sci-Fi Design Exhibition

Design Milk

This impact is so significant that Swiss furniture company Vitra has dedicated a year-long exhibition titled Science Fiction Design: From Space Age to Metaverse to explore this intersection of design and science fiction. Science fiction has had an immense influence on the arts, including literature, cinema, graphic arts, and design.

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How Loughborough's graphic design BA is shaping the industry's leaders

Creative Boom

More than 40 students exhibited their work this year, with several earning prestigious Pencil awards. Matt Rock (class of 2001) As global executive talent specialist for the Technicolor Group, Matt Rock has played a crucial role in shaping the contemporary visual effects industry.

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Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?

Creative Boom

All photos taken by Pawel Streit and © Impulse Gallery The artist's latest exhibition in Lucerne showcases both philosophical insight and innovative technique. Case in point: Christian Bolt's latest exhibition, On Human Beauty, at Impulse Gallery in Lucerne, Switzerland. What is beauty?

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Tokyo's teamLab Borderless is the future of art shows, and it's coming to Europe

Creative Boom

Since the Van Gogh show got everyone talking, even getting a cameo in the Netflix sitcom Emily in Paris, there have been many more, including the immersive Hockney exhibition that's currently at Factory International in Manchester. Consequently, the exhibitions they've held so far across Japan have been hugely popular and quickly sold out.

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20 best illustration agents in the UK, and the awesome illustrators they represent

Creative Boom

Arena has been steered by London-based directors Tamlyn Francis and Caroline Thomson since 2001, with the help from their man in New York, Alan Lynch. Headed up by director Hannah Shilland and agent and producer Sam Walker, they have expertise in commercial campaigns and communications, exhibitions, and traditional and digital media.

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12 of the best online clothing stores that sell unique pieces by leading artists and designers

Creative Boom

The in-house print designers Natasha and Elspeth draw inspiration from everywhere, including vintage fashion, antique tiles, art exhibitions and photos of flowers in the park, to name just a few. Independent and based in London since 2001, Lazy Oaf is a design-led lifestyle brand with a history of doing things its own way.

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A Disorienting Short Film by Lydia Cambron Recreates ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ in Quarantine

Colossal

Eerie, hypnotic, and faithfully depicting the dismal reality that is 2020, a new short film by Lydia Cambron envisions her recent quarantine experience under the frame of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Follow Cambron’s parodic explorations—which include an annual exhibition titled JONALDDUDD — on Instagram and Vimeo.

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