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While art and architecture often find themselves at odds (see: MoMA v. Tod Williams Billie Tsien or Frank Lloyd Wright v. art), Ellsworth Kelly has always been an architect’s artist. “Architects are usually the first people who understand my work,” the abstract artist — and TWBT and Peter Zellner collaborator / well-known Frank Gehry pal…
The house from Pixar’s classic animated movie Up may soon by listed in a property auction, giving yo u the chance to own a little Disney magic… but you may be a little taken aback by its current condition, which is rather worse for the wear compared to to the vibrantly colored, weatherboard-clad gem seen in…
A stay at the forthcoming Henn-na Hotel of Japan’s Huis Ten Bosch amusement park is going to feel li ke a stroll down the aisles of the Consumer Electronics Show. Charming, multi-lingual robots called Actroids (presumably a portmanteau of “actress” and “android” — not to be confused with an irritating medical condition) will check you in…
What do worms and mirrors have in common? If you’re familiar with Ideas City, the biennial festival that intersperses the area around the New Museum on the Bowery with a series of installations, games, talks, and performances, you might not find this to be an odd question. During its past two iterations, Storefront for Art…
A group of engineers are out to change how designers construct their 3D digital models.
The symbolic significance of the completion of One World Trade Center (f.k.a. the Freedom Tower), ca nnot be overstated. After nearly a decade and a half of controversy surround the sprawling construction site (an easy metaphor for a scar), the shiny new David Childs-designed tower will stand as a monument of rebirth and a landmark of…
Computer-generated graphics have gotten sophisticated beyond our wildest dreams and video games are almost completely realistic at this point. However, a new crop of games takes a different approach, opting instead for an overtly graphic approach. It might have something to do with the fact that we have now all but mastered the technology to…
Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation has been named the winner of the 2015 MoMA/PS1 Young Ar chitects Program (YAP) in New York. Selected from five finalists, Jaque and his team designed a “movable artifact” called COSMO. The temporary, outdoor installation will occupy the courtyard at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, during the summer music…
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