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Letterpress 2011 Lunar Calendar by Alec Thibodeau

Pineal Grigio a 2011 Lunar Calendar design by Alec Thibodeau.

Alec Thibodeau’s “Pineal Grigio” measures 19″ by 11.75″, the exact same dimensions as his 2008, 2009, and 2010 lunar calendars. The limited edition letterpress printed lunar calendar details the 365 phases of the moon for 2011. A continuation of the past three years’ calendar illustrations, the piece is the fourth installment in Alec’s Lunar Calendar Series. The calendar is based on the skies of Providence, Rhode Island but will function accurately anywhere in the Eastern Time Zone and to within a day of accuracy for any location in the Northern Hemisphere. Special illustrations represent New Moon, First Quarter Moon, Full Moon and Third Quarter Moon for each four week cycle. Clouds serve as placeholders in months with fewer than 31 days.

And it glows. In the freaking dark. And is also sold out. Emoticon sad face. On a related note the #1 item on Colossal that drives search traffic is this 2011 Moon Phase Calendar by Irwin Glusker available right this second at MoMa. (via poster district)

Insert Coin Stop Motion Animation

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What the what! This isn’t even possible. This must have taken half their lives. (via drawn)

By Christopher on December 17, 2010 • 3d animation money multiples stop motion timelapse video art

Chris Larson

Phenomenal work from Minnesota artist Chris Larson (click Chris Larson on that page) whose body of work is spread so thinly online it took almost 45 minutes to piece together what I have here. Above we have Shotgun House, sub-zero stills from a short film entitled Deep North, and a wooden replica of the Dukes of Hazzard ’69 Charger crash landing on a replica of unabomber Ted Kaczynski’s Montana refuge (not to mention the space ship he constructed also crashing into said refuge). Rochester Art Center has some nice words:

Chris Larson’s work examines the relationship between humans and machines – sometimes expressed through a moment of impact, sometimes through great toil and effort. His previous sculptures are large wooden constructions of collided objects: in one example, a spaceship nearly flattens a wooden barn; in another, the car from The Dukes of Hazzard TV show, recreated in wood, is smashed into the roof of a replica of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin. These works are filled with metaphors of heroic and anti-heroic acts and of the collision of good and evil in human nature.

By Christopher on December 17, 2010 • conceptual installation wood

Book Sculptures by Ann Hamilton

Ann Hamilton works in a wide variety of mediums including interactive audio and sensory works, photography, and elaborate large-scale installations. When looking through her body of art that spans more than 20 years (Google around, much if it isn’t on her site), her book sculptures really got my attention.

By Christopher on December 16, 2010 • books recycling sculpture

Three String Shelf

My Google-sense tells me this three string shelf by Lara Knutson made the rounds a bit last year, but it’s definitely new to me. The title is kind of a misnomer, it’s actually just one string fed through a network of eyelet screws to create three points of contact for books to rest on. Simplistic, clever, and cheap. (via @designsponge)

By Christopher on December 16, 2010 • books furniture innovative simplistic string utilitarian

San Andres Coffee Table

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Embrace your faults with the San Andres coffee table designed by Ricardo Garza Marcos. (via quips)

By Christopher on December 16, 2010 • furniture geology home tectonics wood

Hovering Object: Serigraph Prints by Mark Brabant

Mark Brabant mixes photography and illustration, fact and fiction, to create these wonderful screen prints. Available at his site Hovering Object. (via the poster district)