Category Archives: SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable Fashion for Interview RussiaFor the June/July issue of Interview Russia, photographer Nikolay Biryukov lenses upcycled selects by a Central Saint Martins student design team named8=10 with Kenji Kawasumi and Jaeyeon Lee, who have created unique garments addressing issues of sustainable fashion. Embracing the theme of recycling, models Dasha Z (Storm) and Liza S (Premier) take to the streets in their crazy colorful …
Slow Tech by Phil CuttanceFrom slow cooking we are moving on the slow technology! It might sound like there’s no win in slowing down technology but Phil Cuttance makes total sense out of it. What you see here is his hand made machine which he uses to make small productions out of his geometric formed vases. Le monde de …
The Mexican wayA new way of fast food is taking over the city London. Fresh fast food restaurants in Mexican style are popping up at the most trendy & popular places of the city. These Mexican restaurants are represented as fresh, healthy and urban shops so to clarify: not the traditional Mexican grill restaurants with the straw …
ONE THIRD PROJECT BY KLAUS PICHLERAustrian artist Klaus Pichler has developed ‘one third’, a highly legible photographic commentary of the connection between the individual wastage of food and globalized food production. After learning the UN finding that one third of the world’s food supply is left to rot. A vast selection of foods are set in bouquet-like arrangements and photographed as they …
Rob Mulholland: Vestige InstallationScottish sculptor Rob Mulholland has created a ghostly art installation in the woodland walk at the David Marshall Lodge in Scotland titled Vestige. Originally intended to be temporary, the six mirrored life-size silhouettes (three men and three women) have been so popular that they are now to become a permanent fixture in the previously inhabited woodlands. Mulholland’s idea …
SOUP BY MANDY BARKERHere is the work of recent graduate student from the UK, Mandy Barker. Entitled SOUP and named after the term given to plastic debris in the sea, this series of images aim to engage with, and stimulate an emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction between initial aesthetic attraction and social awareness. The sequence reveals …
PAINTINGS ON WOOD BY JASON MIDDLEBROOKJason Middlebrook is described by Artforum as having a “long-standing interest in decaying landscape and nature/culture clashes”. And from the looks of his work, which usually incorporate discarded objects and leftover debris, the Michigan-born, New York-based artist does seem to have a penchant for searching in unlikely places for his artistic mediums. Bet it recycled material or trash, …
3D printed tapestry glassesFusing traditional crafts with rapid prototyping technologies, Chloë McCormick and Nicholas O’Donnell-Hoare have designed a customizable pair of 3D printed tapestry glasses. The frames are printed with tiny holes through which you can weave color yarns. I love the idea of being able to change the sales of your glasses. I do find it a little disappointing there are …
ICE TYPOGRAPHYThese are Nicole Dextras’ Ice Typography installations and they are latterly pretty cool! Nicole Dextras is an environmental artist from Vancouver who works in a multitude of media including sculpture, interactive public art and photography. Her Ice Typography series consists of three-dimensional words fabricated in ice ranging in size from 8-foot high letters to 18-inch high. Apart from the …