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Arts and Culture

Pink Thing Of The Day: Soapy (Pink) By Robert Thierren

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Robert Therrien’s 2017 sculpture Soapy (Pink) , created from pigmented polyester resin, presents itself as an oversized bar of bubblegum-pink soap — smooth, minimal, and instantly familiar. But this is Therrien, so the domestic calm doesn’t last long. Emerging unmistakably from one corner of the sculpture is a baby’s face, molded directly into the form, transforming the object from playful to deeply strange in a single glance.
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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Dolce & Gabbana Pasta Print Silk Dress

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This Dolce & Gabbana silk dress from Spring 2017 celebrates pasta as an internationally recognized symbol of Italian identity. Food motives have been part of Dolce & Gabbana’s design since the 1990s. Most recently, the pair have made use of produce, gelato, and cannoli prints, reinforcing the connection between Italian food and fashion as parts of La Dolce Vita.
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Design and Innovation

Eye On Design: Skort Set with Empire State Building Print By Anna Sui

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Designer Annu Sui launched her own line in New York City in 1980, embracing a psychedelic, hippie-inspired look. She quickly gained a cult following and by the 1990s she was a recognized member of an emerging group of anti-glamour, proto-grunge designers.
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Film and Television, Pop Culture

Eye On Design: Amphibian Man Suit from The Shape of Water

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A human woman falls in love with an Amazonian amphibian man in Guillermo del Toro‘s fairytale The Shape of Water (2017), winner of the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Directing. While the creature character appears to be modeled from precursors such as the Gill Man from Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954), and Abe Sapien from del Toro’s own Hellboy (2004), and Hellboy II: the Golden Army (2008), the Director made him attractive and soulful, and believable as a romantic lead.
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Arts and Culture

All The Flowers Are For Me By Anila Quayyum Agha

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“Often, my goal is to explore the binaries of public and private, light and shadow, and static and dynamic, by relying on the purity and inner symmetry of geometric design, and the interpretation of the cast shadows in both the sculptural installations, and the flat work.” — Anila Quayyum Agha

Suspended and lit from within, All The Flowers Are For Me (2017) by Pakistana-American artist Anila Quayyum Agha is an intricately-detailed, 1.5M square floating steel cube that casts elaborate floor-to-ceiling shadows, transforming the surrounding space of the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at London’s Kew Gardens. Entering the installation provided us with an “Oh, Wow!” moment, for sure. Continue reading All The Flowers Are For Me By Anila Quayyum Agha →