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Andy Vella: How I designed the artwork for Songs of a Lost World

Creative Boom

The concept he discussed was using Bagatelle, a sculpture by the Slovenian artist Janez Pirnat. We transformed the Bagatelle sculpture into various forms to turn it into the object floating in space I had imagined. It's got an amazing darkness, presenting a graphic reality that describes where we are now as a human species.

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Haunting wooden sculptures by Claudette Schreuders reveal why we can't escape from ourselves

Creative Boom

In Doubles, her latest series of figurative painted wood sculptures and works on paper, Cape Town artist Claudette Schreuders takes a closer look at the double lives we lead, from what we do in private to how we present ourselves in public. The artist's sculpture work is rooted in both African and European traditions.

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Furniture + Sculpture Fuse in the Head Hand Foot Exhibition

Design Milk

The self-taught artist and sculptor’s latest fusions of furniture design and sculpture are, without a doubt, bold, including tables, stools, cabinets, and chairs. Head Hand Foot The featured sculpture in the exhibition shares the same title as the show itself: Head Hand Foot.

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Japanese artist En Iwamura's fanciful sculptures are a holiday for the mind

Creative Boom

Japanese artist En Iwamura 's response invokes a sense of lively and wondrous innocence with his paintings, sculptures, and installations, which take the viewer on something approaching a holiday for the mind.

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Simone Brewster's new exhibition explores our social relationship with objects

Creative Boom

The exhibition presents new works alongside a selection of Simone's most notable pieces, from furniture to jewellery and sculpture, that investigates the hidden linguistics behind design that are inherently entwined with societal norms and ideas of race, gender, equality and more.

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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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DDW23: Isola Presents Nothing Happens If Nothing Happens

Design Milk

“This artisanal process infuses a human touch into the technology, making the sculpture a masterpiece that reflects both advanced technology and human craftsmanship.” ” RE-Puzzle is a space-saving furniture concept by Ukranian designer Solmazprimavera crafted from recycled materials.