The architecture and design blog

Photos: Johnson Tsang.

The Hong Kong based artist Tsang Cheung Shing a.k.a. Johnson Tsang has made a name for himself by apparently capturing the form of a splash of liquid from which other forms emerge. In this series titled, Splash of Wonder, faces appear to emerge from stainless steel liquid. Read more

Photos: Eric Franklin.

The American artist, Eric Franklin, makes skulls that are internally lit with neon. Three of his latest creations are shown here.

The process employed by the artist creates physical distortions of the skull form which when illuminated by the indistinct gas gives a beautiful, intriguing and otherworldly quality to the work. Read more

If the hall to your home is anything like mine there will be boots, shoes clothes, hats and umbrellas all over the place!

Annie Granath and Charlotte Ackemar have realised that the hall is a place where function is important, but that it is a room that is often overlooked. They plan to change this with their collection of hall furniture. Read more

Photos:Olafur Eliasson.

This is an architecture book with more descriptive power than words alone could possible achieve.

The book consists of 454 pages each laser-cut to produce a section representing 2.2cm of the artists actual house in Copenhagen, Denmark.

In essence it is a sophisticated flip-book designed, not to give the sensation of motion or animation, but more to convey spatial relationships of the rooms and building elements to each other. Read more

The Canadian ceramist France Goneau, is celebrating her six month residency in the Studio du Québec, Tokyo with a public exhibition at the Prince Takamado Gallery, Tokyo.

She first began to explore ceramics in Japan in 2010 at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park where she became interested in experimenting with the Japanese ceramic tradition. There she produced her first sculptures that mixed ceramics with textiles. Read more