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Shotaro Kitada creates a serious yet jokey reality in his paper sculpture artworks

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Japanese illustrator Shotaro Kitada uses humble rolls of copy paper to create three-dimensional handmade sculptures that inhabit their own peculiar reality. Having studied graphics at university, Shotaro Kitada started his artistic career in 2018 as an illustrator. That's how I settled on the style I use today."

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Unika Vaev’s Folded Poetry Features Multidimensional Acoustic Solutions

Design Milk

Yet this series of three pieces, designed by Eliza Redmann , were inspired by the sculptural artists experiences after a car accident changed her life forever. Yet the collision in 2018 left her with a traumatic brain injury and altered her career trajectory.

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DRIFT’s Newest “Materialism” Sculptures Reconfigure Reality

Design Milk

The Amsterdam-based artist duo DRIFT is known for deconstructing and remixing reality, transforming everyday objects into surprising sculptures that shift our perceived relationships with the world. Pencil, 2018. Pencil, 2018 (detail). Reduced to their materials, they both feel equally complex and intriguing.

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F5: Pernille Lind Talks About a Local Museum, Sculptural Jewelry + More

Design Milk

It was 2018 when she began Pernille Lind Studio , diving into the world of products to create a range of solid wood furniture, marble, and brass furnishings, as well as Greek marble tiles inspired by the Art Deco architecture of Chicago and a period townhouse in Copenhagen. . Photo: Courtesy of Griegst. Photo: Courtesy of Hacha Dalston 4.

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Jan Kaláb’s Graffiti Has Always Been Art + Now It’s Even More

Design Milk

“My paintings teeter on the edge of sculpture and my sculptures are mostly painted,” said Czechoslovakian contemporary artist Jan Kaláb. Since the early days of his practice, paintings, sculptures, and 3D graffiti have been added to his portfolio, and his work has been shown in galleries around the world.

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Marik Lechner Delivers Big on ‘Mild Pain Guaranteed’

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Using thread and wool, along with spray paint, glue, and found objects, each piece is part painting and part sculpture that feels like it’s bursting at the seams with energy. The textile works even feature reoccurring characters and symbols from the latter.

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F5: Brigette Romanek Loves Alaia Dresses, Soulful Books + More

Design Milk

Her love for helping friends style their homes lit a fire, and in 2018, she decided to get serious, founding Romanek Design Studio in Los Angeles. Modigliani’s Paintings + Sculptures I’m especially drawn to the African-inspired influences in his work; it’s like he’s capturing the essence of a culture in every stroke.