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Category Archives: Artists and Designers
Anxiety and Nostalgia: The Art of Aida Muluneh
“We exist between the anxiety of the unknown future and the nostalgia of the familiar past. We bear the burden of our duality.” Photographer Aida Muluneh has spent most of her life without a place to call home. At a … Continue reading
Day For Night: Public Art Atop the San Francisco Skyline
Salesforce is a giant international company that provides computer applications for sales, service, marketing and more. Like many other large hi-tech companies, their headquarters is located here in San Francisco. In 2014 they became the primary tenant of an impressive … Continue reading
Looking Again At The Paintings Of Domenico Gnoli
This week’s blog entry is one of our favorites first posted in October, 2015… I recently rediscovered the work of the late Domenico Gnoli and I fell in love, all over again, with his wonderful paintings. Let me share some … Continue reading
Poignant Repairs
Several weeks ago I wrote about the Japanese art of Kintsugi, the process of repairing damaged ceramics with seams of gold. The idea of a repair transforming an object into something of even greater value has stayed with me. Recently, … Continue reading
Design At Extreme Scales
We often hear the phrase “design is all around us.” That usually refers to items such as artworks in galleries, the clothes we wear, the books and magazines we read, or the furniture in our houses. Design, however, also happens … Continue reading
Simple Forms/Inventive Forms
Whenever I find myself looking at a collection of images – in galleries or while surfing the web – I’m inevitably drawn to objects that are both severely understated and yet inventive. I think I’m fascinated by how the artists … Continue reading
Art Hotels Showcase Real Artwork Throughout Their Spaces
The term “hotel art” is generally used to describe bland imitations of serious artworks. It’s meant to dismiss, even ridicule, work that is primarily decorative and extremely easy on both our eyes and our minds – a corporate committee’s version … Continue reading
Repetition and the Principles of Design
Last week when we celebrated spring by playing hooky I encouraged you to download a copy of our book, “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook.” That got me thinking about the relationship between our blog and our book. When we wrote our … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
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Girl With A Pearl Earring: Looking Beneath The Surface
Earlier this week a team of technicians and researchers armed with some of the most advanced equipment available began an extensive examination of a small oil painting dating from the mid-1600s. The painting is Girl with a Pearl Earring by … Continue reading