Posted on Feb 2, 2009
Eclectic Color Roundup
Here???s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I???ve come across in the last week.
Art
Chris Cobb: 'There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World'
superherodesigns.com; mcsweeneys.net
Chris Cobb, a local San Francisco artist did something amazing to a bookshop called Adobe Books- he arranged every single one of the 20,000 books by color. The project is called "There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World" and is based on a simple idea:
"Even though there is so much to be unhappy about in this world, we should try to create something amazing and beautiful and interesting despite all of the problems."
Read an interview with Chris over at mcsweeneys.net.
Landscapes by Kim Keever
Kim Keever's large-scale photographs are created by meticulously constructing miniature topographies in a 200-gallon tank, which is then filled with water. These dioramas of fictitious environments are brought to life with colored lights and the dispersal of pigment, producing ephemeral atmospheres that he must quickly capture with his large-format camera.
Keever's painterly panoramas represent a continuation of the landscape tradition, as well as an evolution of the genre. Referencing a broad history of landscape painting, especially that of Romanticism, the Hudson River School and Luminism, they are imbued with a sense of the sublime. However, they also show a subversive side that deliberately acknowledges their contemporary contrivance and conceptual artifice. Keever's staged scenery is characterized by a psychology of timelessness. A combination of the real and the imaginary, they document places that somehow we know, but never were. The symbolic qualities he achieves result from his understanding of the dynamics of landscape, including the manipulation of its effects and the limits of spectacle based on our assumptions of what landscape means to us. Rather than presenting a factual reality, Keever fabricates an illusion to conjure the realms of our imagination.
Via designboom
Industrial Design
Timothy Schreiber: 'Pop-Modernism'
Timothy's designs challenge the boundaries between digital design / manufacturing methods, socially / environmentally sustainable use and the critical analysis of aesthetics.
Article
'How Green is Your Orange?'
How much does your morning glass of orange juice contribute to global warming?
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