The latest exhibition at Hayward Gallery displays the works of artists from the 1960s to the present day who have used artificial light as matter.
The sensorial sculptures of Keith Lemley stem from the grand idea, that an “invisible presence exists in our minds and surrounds all objects, experiences, and memories,” states the Artist’s Statement. Check out how he translates that to art into interior design. It would be cool to put one of the geometric structures in your living [...]
Zilvinas Kempinas was born in Lithuania in 1969 and has been living and working in New York City ever since. He completed his MFA at Hunter college in 2002 and since then has begun to develop an international reputation. Kempinas creates site specific installations using materials such as unspooled video tape in order to
Wall and ceiling lighting system Light Forest is the brain child of young Dutch design duo Ontwerpduo. The design consists of different parts, which can be connected to ceilings or walls, step by step the lighting system will “grow” across the space with endless possibilities.
Word about the “camera obscura” has been around since the 4th BC. It essentially works like an overhead projector, is one of the inventions that led to photography, and was the starting point for Chris Fraser‘s stunning light installation. A young photographer from the Bay Area, Chris’s body of work began as an investigation into [...]
In the almost forgotten tradition of the classical ceiling painters, German product designers LightBoys revive an area which is often neglected in modern interior design – the ceiling. Their large-format illuminated photographs mounted on an ultra-light housing only 40 mm in thickness literally show rooms in a new light…
Here is the latest project by Human Since 1982 : “Collection of light” is simply a collection of LEDs which together constitute a lamp in itself. The aim is to create an aura of a real collection (similar to a collection of insects) and expose each illuminant as a worthy industrial product. The LEDs are [...]
The primary medium of Californian artist James Turrell is light. Probably the best-known artist in his field, Turrell’s entire oeuvre since the 1960s has been devoted to exploring the diverse manifestations of this immaterial medium and working towards a new, space-defining form of light art. While
Beautifully designed, this simple Screw Me Lamp by Jonathan Rowell will probably fit really well into your modern house or office. His mojo is ” Creating movable objects of beauty that make a home, office or space more suitable for living” - What a great way of thinking !
An other beautiful lamp design coming from the house of ZOON product & interior design, the ine5 light by Croatian designer Zoran Sunjic is a decorative lighting object that brings a sort of customization to the appeal of the lamp.
After the cool Camera Lamp it’s now time to introuce you to the Security Camera Lamp! Security cameras are a major symbol of the contemporary metropoles, you can see it everywhere without really even paying attention, that’s why this concept is so interesting! Named “Spoticam” and created by Antrepo Design Industry{…]
German Artist Pierre Kracht’s Wrapped series was shown at the Transversale 2009 show in Germany last month as a part of the “Surface” exhibition. Transversale is a show that unveils the boundaries where art meets design and…