Art Archive

Documentary Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child, directed by friend Tamra Davis, which features never-before seen footage of the artist painting and talking about his art two years before his death in 1988 and sets the record straight following Julian Schnabel’s fictional Basquiat.

The film, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last month, was released February 21 and will be shown at SXSW next month.

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Mark Reigelman designed these “Bite” silverwares to draw attention to the ongoing problem of global hunger. “Each day millions of individuals lay in hunger while millions more are wastefully overeating,” Reigelman says. “This set of ‘bitten’ silverware highlights the daunting reality of both worldly plagues.”

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The Wolfgang Keyboard Bench by designer Nolan Herbut is made up of 2000 keys imbedded into a layered Baltic birch wood. Each key is pressable and actually makes a clicking sound when pressed. The tactile effect of the bench also makes a playful interaction with the bench because you engage with the piece of furniture in a very up close and intimate manner while pressing in the keys.

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Digital Graffiti at the Olympic Village from Alex Beim on Vimeo.

Chairman Ting brings his Digital Graffiti art to Olympic Village. The light painting using Tangible Interaction’s unique digital graffiti wall technology.

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HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Union LA & Frolab have come together to present a photo exhibition entitled Mos Def: Ecstatic Moments. Photographer and filmmaker Cognito (pictured below) showcases rare exclusive images captured over the two years Mos Def created his LP “The Ecstatic”. The exhibition is comprised of moments created during both performances across the globe and behind-the-scenes. The show is to last for just one week and will culminate in the production of a book featuring its works. To compliment Ecstatic Moments, there will be a limited edition T-shirt created in collaboration and to be exclusively available at Union LA. The exhibition commences today at the HVW8 Art & Design Gallery.

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Lego jewelry/accessories, lego cars/buildings/sculptures… I don’t think we ever grow out of a fascination with legos. This stop-motion movie using them is a cool addition to the long list of ways we still play with legos.

Apartment interior in Paris by Ecole, a French architecture and design studio… Dope!

Facing the Eglise Saint-Gervais on one side and the Hôtel de Ville de Paris on the other, this 95 sqm apartment occupies the whole of the the two top floors of an 18th century building. The project comprised a full restructuration of the existing space and the conception of some design elements. The first floor, formerly consisting of a long corridor and four rooms has been largely cut open. Thus, the entrance, the living room and the kitchen form one single continuity. The guest space (a bedroom and a bathroom) has been built on the same floor. A steel staircase links the living room to the owner’sv private space underneath the roof.

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This is definitely attention to detail.

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Man, check out this dope video from PERU ANA ANA PERU, NYC based filmakers/street artists. If you live in NYC you’ve probably seen their name around.

Flat screen, meet fireplace. Dutch fireplace manufacturer Helex has integrated a flat-screen TV with a fireplace and created the “I-Vision”.

The facility consists of one of the spots from the Helex I-Frame series, and a specially developed Full HD TV that disappears completely in the fireplace breast and is covered with a fine glass panel. You can even chose to customize your TV set-up with DVD/Blu-ray, PlayStation or other gaming consoles. The glass panel is also available in black panel.

via Born Rich