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Split Screen: A Love Story

Split Screen: A Love Story city

A new short by JW Griffiths shot entirely with a mobile phone. The editing to match up each shot is simply impeccable. (via vimeo)

By Christopher on June 28, 2011 • city

Otherworldly Paper Sculptures by Chun Kwang Young

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Sculptor Chun Kwang Young uses a seemingly infinite quantity of small foam wedges wrapped in Korean mulberry paper to create imposing, meteoric installations that seem to crack and splinter like fractals. Via the New York Times:

Chun’s preference for using natural dyes and handmade mulberry paper was born from childhood memories of his uncle’s pharmacy, where small medicinal herb parcels that were similarly wrapped with paper and hung in tight clusters from the ceiling in order to protect them from insects. [...] “I love nature and I want to live my life in harmony with nature,” he said. “Our ancestors lived modestly and simply, and thought all lives should be respected. “I hope my work can take this traditional Korean message forward to modern society.”

Like yesterday’s paintings by Kim Hyo-Suk it’s difficult to imagine without seeing these in person that they’re actually real. (images courtesy ravenel, nate dorr, mu-um, and jasmine trabelsi)

LED Moon Light by Nosigner

LED Moon Light by Nosigner sky moon lighting

Inspired by the recent “Supermoon”, product and graphic designer Nosigner (Eisuke Tachikawa) has designed an LED-embedded moon light using actual 3D topographical data taken from the lunar orbiter Kaguya. I can only hope that such a lovely, hypnotizing object will one day be made for sale. (via spoon and tamago)

By Christopher on June 28, 2011 • lighting moon sky

A 400 Pound Comb Bike Rack

A 400 Pound Comb Bike Rack wood cycling

I’m loving this surprisingly lovely if not hilarious wooden bike rack made by the Knowhow Shop LA co-op as a public art installation for the city of Roanoke. Read more over on The Fox is Black.

By Christopher on June 27, 2011 • cycling wood

8,000 Floating Lanterns

To celebrate the recent summer solstice, residents of Poznań, Poland gathered to break the country’s record for releasing paper lanterns by setting 8,000 of the glowing lights aloft. Many more videos here. (via the awesomer)

By Christopher on June 27, 2011 • calendar lighting summer summer solstice

Warning: Acrylic Paintings by Kim Hyo-Suk Could Cause Your Mind to Explode

Warning: Acrylic Paintings by Kim Hyo Suk Could Cause Your Mind to Explode painting illustration

When I first saw this collection of paintings by Korean artist Kim Hyo-Suk on the Yuaenssi Gallery blog, I was certain they must actually be digital illustrations. After reading a bit it’s clear they’re truly enormous acrylic paintings, each roughly 6×7 feet in scale. The series, entitled My Floating City, was painted in 2009-2010 and features human figures encumbered by (or perhaps morphing into) impossibly complex architectural figures and textures. I am by no means an expert in painting, or certainly art of any kind, I just find things that I believe are exceptional or interesting and delight in sharing them with you, however I have never encountered anything like these before and regret that after over an hour of searching I can find very little additional information about the artist other than a few additional pieces posted on Neolook. If anyone knows more about Kim Hyo-Suk I would love to hear it!

By Christopher on June 27, 2011 • illustration painting

Micro Type

Micro Type typography ink

Micro Type is another lusciously liquid typeface by Rus Khasanov (previously) who pours wet ink on wet paper and uses a digital camera to capture the results. From the looks of the final project I think he used some sort of macro lens for this. Check out the full alphabet here.