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Amy Cushing + Lara Sparey Explore Intersecting Crafts With DIORAMA Sculptures

Design Milk

DIORAMA – a series of three freestanding mixed media sculptures by artisans Amy Cushing and Lara Sparey – distills a variety of multidimensional scenes into an amalgam of colored glass and black metal artifacts to offer respite from the din of existence. Fresh colorways and designs are in progress due to launch February 24, 2024.

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A 2,700-Pound Concorde Sculpture Soars Above the Peninsula Hotel London

Design Milk

The new Peninsula Hotel London is likely to become a popular destination of jet setters, which may partially explain why there’s now a 2,700-pound scale sculpture model of the Concorde hanging overhead inside Brooklands , their rooftop dining destination inside the classic-era British aviation and motorsport inspired space.

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Tree.ONE Branches Out to Take a Sculptural Approach to Cleaner Air

Design Milk

Numerous researchers and designers are looking toward biomimicry to tackle pollution and climate change utilizing several mechanisms already found in trees and other photosynthetic species, including architecture and design innovation firm ecoLogicStudio’s towering tree-like sculpture aptly named, Tree.ONE.

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Celebrating collaboration: Blackburn’s National Festival of Making

Creative Boom

Four new commissions have come through the festival's Art in Manufacturing programme, positioning Lancashire as a hub of creativity and craft. The Art in Manufacturing residencies began in 2016 and take place between November and July. The finished work will be exhibited at Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery.

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Joe Doucet Serves in Monumental Design for Tennis Hall of Fame Trophy

Design Milk

The sculptural artifact is an exercise in semiotics, distilling the tennis rackets iconic shape into a simple silhouette and blending it with that of an arch here, understood as a signifier for the Arc de Triomphe, which symbolizes victory.

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Gufram Collaborates With A$AP Rocky on the Skyline Carpet

Design Milk

Hommemade , his interior design brand, returns with iconic furniture manufacturer Gufram to produce the New York edition of the Skyline Carpet , their second venture so far. The Skyline Carpet features a scenic view of downtown Manhattan, with sculptural buildings jutting out of the floor, just like New York.

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Top 10 Friday Five Posts of 2024

Design Milk

Her origami-inspired technique transforms paintings into oversized wall sculptures through experimentation with proportion and patterning. Susan Maddux Shares Her Vintage Textiles, Art Collection + More Los Angeles-based artist Susan Maddux makes works that are an incredible three-dimensional experience drawing.