Data + Design Project

Intricate Structures Made from Sticks of Chewing Gum

Monday 03.25.2013 , Posted by

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There’s nothing quite like stepping in gum on a hot summer day, or sticking your hand in that glob of ABC gum someone left under the table as you sit down for lunch, but Jeremy Laffon has found a way to make gum surprising in a good way. The French artist uses chewing gum to engineer architectural structures, 3-dimensional artistic designs, and even floor tiling. Laffon’s complex structures are reminiscent of the classic high school physics project of making a bridge out of toothpicks on a much larger scale, yet the flexible nature of the minty sticks of gum allow for some interesting structural compromise, especially in the areas where he intentionally applies heat. [Read more...]

Carved Spirits Hidden in the Trees

Monday 03.25.2013 , Posted by

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Many people like to leave their spirit carved in a tree, but most of the time it takes the form of a carved heart and a few letters symbolizing the lovers who put it there. Sculptor Keith Jennings takes tree carving in another direction, carving into the bark of living trees and revealing mystical spaces from inside their trunks. It’s a view that would fascinate and potentially frighten those lucky enough to walk by and witness it. [Read more...]

Finding Humans In Nature: Surreal Cerebral Trees

Sunday 03.24.2013 , Posted by

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In a stunning series of digital illustrations called Nature, Igor Morski takes your imagination on a journey that reveals hidden human figures in “natural” settings. The Polish graphic designer creates a human facial profile shaped slice through the flora of various biomes to reveal a single tree resembling the brain with the trunk acting as the brain stem. The vibrant pictures conjure up thoughts of the inter-connectedness of humans with all forms of life on Earth. In other images, Morski creates feminine faces from branches and foliage, perhaps to represent Mother Nature or the essence of nature’s femininity. [Read more...]

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Reflections of Youth: Ageless In the Mirror

Sunday 03.24.2013 , Posted by

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Alzheimers is a disease that many of us have lost loved ones to with 5.2 million sufferers in the United States alone. It’s a disease that can be more devastating to those closest to the person suffering than the victims themselves as their memory slips away. In this fascinating set of photographs, Tom Hussey shows the confusion that a person with dementia might endure on a daily basis. This “Reflections” collection was used in an ad campaign for Novartis’ Exelon Patch, which is prescription medicine for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s dementia. Hussey won a Gold Addy Award from the American Advertising Federation for this set. [Read more...]

Massive Ice Typography With A Message

Friday 03.22.2013 , Posted by

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Environmental artist Nicole Dextras creates larger than life installations with a message to share, but the message only lasts as long as the weather permits. For her series Signs of Change, Dextras used wooden forms to create ice words that ranged from 18inches to 8 feet tall and placed them in various locations throughout Canada from the highly trafficked metropolis of Toronto to the pristine corners of the Yukon. The angle from which they are viewed as well as how far along they are in the melting process determine how a person might interpret them. She uses coloring in some of the sculptures to make them stand out more and make sure her message gets noticed and takes photographs and time lapse videos to record their life and eventual death. The medium of ice shows the transient nature of all things. [Read more...]

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Famous Buildings Floating on Rocky Planets

Friday 03.22.2013 , Posted by

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“To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been” said the famous surrealist Renè Magritte. That lofty aim is the ideal of contemporary Italian aritst Giuseppe Lo Schiavo and the root of his new series called Levitation. The collection of photo manipulations sees a Little Prince-esque world of historical landmarks – honorable mentions on many a ’7 Wonders’ list – which Lo Schiavo has photographed and placed atop floating rocky worlds which rise above mysterious empty seascapes. [Read more...]

A Lifetime of Sculptures Play with Light and Shadow

Friday 03.22.2013 , Posted by

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What only look like sculptural piles of rubbish become fascinating studies in light and shadow when illuminated from just the right angle. The work of dutch artist Diet Wiegman, each sculpture is built with a precision at odds with the rough materials from which it is constructed. He uses paper, photos, glass, mirror, cardboard, clay, wood and a host of other ingredients to build just the right forms – forms which subsequently cast shadows of masterworks like Michelangelo’s David or the dancing figure of Michael Jackson. [Read more...]

Rusty Fire Hydrants Become Imaginary Planets

Thursday 03.21.2013 , Posted by

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When we look up at the sky we often see formations of earthly objects in the clouds or constellations in the stars at night, but Adam Kennedy looked down to find some rusted structures that look like they belong in the sky. On his daily commute to school at San Francisco State, where he studies Cinema, Kennedy noticed that the rusty knobs on top of the old fire hydrants he passed looked strangely like undiscovered planets in our vast universe. He photographed the knobs and with a little Photoshop manipulation he transformed the rust into continents and the paint into oceans to produce his first fake planet. He posted a picture of the before and after images on Reddit and made the top of the Front Page. Since his hobby was so well received, Kennedy decided to start an indiegogo to raise the funds he needs to make a book of his images.
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Painting with Fire: Stunning Pyrography Pieces

Thursday 03.21.2013 , Posted by

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Born and raised in the peaceful city of Boulder, Colorado with amazing mountain views, Melanie Steinway developed a passion for nature, music, and animals. She moved to the East Coast to attend the Rhode Island School of Design where she got her BFA in Illustration last year and discovered the art of pyrography. Using various types of wood, a woodburning tool, wood stain, and paint she creates unique images that incorporate the knots and the swirls of the wood, retaining its integrity. She currently lives in NYC where she makes art and music for her band Howl Moonshine Howl.
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Visual Bits #402 > In The Eyes Of A Photographer

Thursday 03.21.2013 , Posted by

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