Author Archives: Soomin Kim

June 6, 2016

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Paintings and Pumpkins and (Mirror) Rooms, Oh My!

Yayoi Kusama has unveiled new artworks in her latest exhibition Yayoi Kusama in the Victoria Miro Gallery in London. Through pattern and repetition, Kusama’s new works reflect her lifelong preoccupation with themes such as infinite and sublime, as well as…Continue reading

May 31, 2016

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MANUS X MACHINA: Fashion in an Age of Technology

Manus = “Hand”; Machina = “Machine” These two seemingly disparate words join together for the title of the Costume Institute’s newest exhibition for the spring of 2016: Manus x Machina. Presented in the Metropolitan Museum…Continue reading

May 12, 2016

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“Stuggle” by PlusOne

https://vimeo.com/162648805 Ever feel like your ideas puff up like a blowfish and then eat themselves? Designers at PlusOne definately know about this creative struggle and made a project to display such frustrated feelings! Martijn Hogenkamp…Continue reading

May 5, 2016

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Craig Ward’s Portraits of Bacteria Found in NYC Subways

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=250&v=Xxqd985bKi8 “You look at the subway and it’s all just different shapes and sizes and colors of people and you look at it at a microscopic level and it’s all just different shapes and sizes…Continue reading

April 9, 2016

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New Film Shows Pre-Computer Graphic Design Production

Attention everyone! Briar Levit is directing “Graphic Means,” a documentary that explores graphic design production in the 1950s through the 1990s!! It’ll take us away from today’s design industry of computer screens and mouse clicks…Continue reading

April 4, 2016

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“Chocolatexture,” 9 Onomatopoeic Chocolates!

Who knew texture could warp our perception of taste? Last year, Japanese designer Oki Sato was asked to design chocolates by Maison et Objet, a French pre-eminent design show. Sato responded with “Chocolatexture,” a collection…Continue reading

March 29, 2016

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Pawel Norbert’s Atypical Letters

Who knew letters and numbers could be presented as figurative paint sculptures?? Pawel Nolbert did! Nolbert is an independent artist, illustrator & designer currently based in Warsaw. He does a number of creative services, from…Continue reading

March 10, 2016

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Fabio Pantoja’s “Uncover the Truth”

Coca-Cola may be known as “happiness in a bottle,” but Fabio Pantoja reminds us that it is definately not happiness once it is outside the bottle. Fabio Pantoja is a Nicaraguan artist with a focus…Continue reading

March 6, 2016

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“Loving Vincent”, The World’s First Feature Painted Film

In our age of technology, animated films have turned to CGI and forsaken craft of utilizing paper, canvases, pencils, and paint brushes in animation. But fear not for BreakThru Productions has director Dorota Kobiela and…Continue reading

February 28, 2016

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Exploring Missy H. Dunaway’s Travel Journal

Missy H. Dunaway is an artist from Maryland. She works mainly with acrylic inks on paper and uses this portable medium as she travels. For the past two years, she has filled Moleskine notebooks with…Continue reading