I’m late on this one but great artwork needs to be exposed right? *Raoul over at Karin + Raoul and Roninss Made some artwork of Pharrell’s new artist (and 4th N.E.R.D. member), Rhea.
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Construction has begun on a combined residential project and market hall in Rotterdam.
The arched building located in the centre of Rotterdam, developed by Provast and designed by MVRDV is a hybrid of public market and apartment building. Completion is set for 2014. Total investment is 175 million Euro with a total surface of 100.000 m2.
Check out the full story on dezeen or worldarchitecturenews.
As vaguely pointless but nonetheless desirable knick-nacks go, the Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock has to rank pretty high up on the list. A 1kg ball of magnifying-effect optical crystal, white gold and a total of 231 parts, the Spiral Boule is wound by twisting the two halves, while a single button on the base switches it into time-setting mode.
Inside, the simple hands move around the spiral clock face – also made of white gold – or you can flip it over to watch the mechanics at work. Hermés say there’s enough power for 200 hours of use in-between windings, and that the inspiration for the design was a classic clock at the company’s museum in Paris. Of course, a large part of the appeal of something like this is the exclusivity. It’s apparently a one-off, and priced at an eye-watering $560,000. Despite it being roughly the size of a cricket ball, then, we’d recommend you not actually hit it with a bat.
On November 21st Brooklynite Gallery will open “Go Get Your Shinebox”. This group show will feature over 100 works from artists all looking to answer the question of how to survive in these economic times by creating their own interpretation of a “Survival Box.” Brooklynite Gallery has commissioned some of their favorite established and emerging artist to take on this challenge and the responses are breathtaking. Artists such as Dain, Miss Bugs, PaperMonster, Anthony Lister, Ben Eine, Jace, Thundercut, Skewville, Ben Frost, Jon Burgerman, Specter, Skewville, Know Hope, Kosbe, Gaia, Ben Frost, Hush, and many more have all created a one of a kind box, each taking the concept of the show one step further.
Brooklynite Gallery has commissioned some of their favorite established and emerging artist to take on this challenge and the responses are breathtaking. Artists such as Dain, Miss Bugs, PaperMonster, Anthony Lister, Ben Eine, Jace, Thundercut, Skewville, Ben Frost, Jon Burgerman, Specter, Skewville, Know Hope, Kosbe, Gaia, Ben Frost, Hush, and many more have all created a one of a kind box, each taking the concept of the show one step further.
You can view the entire lists of artists participating and more information by visiting Brooklynite Gallery’s Site: http://www.brooklynitegallery.com/