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The Tokyo Last Train Map is the Perfect Art Print for Night Owls
If you live or work in Tokyo, you may *ahem* occasionally find yourself out late, either drinking or working. And Tokyo isn’t exactly the city that never sleeps, especially when it comes to its extensive train and subway system. So … Continue reading
Miyu Kojima Creates Miniature Replicas of Lonely Deaths
Twenty six-year old Miyu Kojima works for a company that cleans up after kodokushi (孤独死) or lonely deaths: a Japanese phenomenon of people dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. The instances first began to be … Continue reading
This Art Is a Big Deal
In this reel, meet artists taking their craft to the extreme—like a village growing rice into murals and a crocheter covering the world in love and yarn.
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“Tokyo at Night” 01 Waseda
[from the description] Mateusz Urbanowicz Published on 21 May 2017 Something I wanted to try with watercolors for some time now – a night scene. Tokyo is a strange place – there are a lot of empty but brightly lit … Continue reading
Watercolor Illustrations Depicting Night Streets of Tokyo by Mateusz Urbanowicz
Mateusz Urbanowicz, also known as Matto, is a Polish artist and illustrator currently based in Tokyo. He originally moved to Japan to study animation and comics and he landed himself a gig at Tokyo-based animation film studio CoMix Wave, where … Continue reading
Crouched and Posed Figures Formed From Hundreds of Welded Bike Chains
Young-Deok Seo (previously here and here) produces life-size figures welded from hundreds of folded bike chains. To create these works he first begins with a sketch, which he then digitizes to create a 3D model. Next he creates a full-scale rendition from clay, which serves … Continue reading
Mirrored Figures Reflect the Natural Landscape and Cultural Heritage of Morecambe Bay
Rob Mulholland (previously) was recently commissioned by the Morecambe Bay Partnership to create a site-specific installation that would connect with the history of the northwest England site. The British sculptor and environmental artist created a series of six mirrored figures and two dwellings that … Continue reading
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Life-Size Beached Whale Installation Shocks People in the Philippines
The eye-opening whale sculpture is filled with a mix of plastic bags, plastic containers, bottles, and other waste collected from the ocean. With microplastics polluting the food chain and increasing numbers of marine species facing endangerment, the world’s ocean plastic issue … Continue reading
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Cartography Merges w/ Ink & Pencil Drawings to Create Beautiful Portraits – My Modern Met
Roads, rivers, and mountains on a map turn into elegant profiles and facial expressions. British artist Ed Fairburn uses maps as his canvas to create incredible portrait drawings. Each detailed work merges the topographic lines of cartography with the hand-drawn contours of … Continue reading
A Cafe in Seoul Uses Clever Contour Lines to Appear Like a 2-Dimensional Cartoon
Since 2017, a small cafe in South Korea has been transporting its visitors to a two-dimensional world. Cafe Yeonnam-dong 239-20 in Seoul features all-white walls, floors, furniture, and fixtures accented with black contour lines that give the space the flattened … Continue reading
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