Black Lives Matter Dress

I saw an article yesterday about a girl who wore a prom dress covered in the faces of victims of police brutality. It was a Black Lives Matter statement that the designer wanted to express through the medium of fashion, and I thought it was a really interesting way of using clothing to express a message. This…

Natural Public Art

I recently read about an artist named Bryant Chase who uses rocks, driftwood, and other objects he finds in nature and turns them into intricate pieces of public art. I thought his pieces were really interesting because they were taking something natural and creating very unnatural positions, like the precariously balanced sculpture shown in this…

Alexander Calder

I recently learned about an artists named Alexander Calder, and I thought his story and artwork was really interesting. He started off as an engineer studying mechanical engineering and applied kinetics, and he then became an artist. Because of his background in engineering and mechanics, he ended up making some really interesting physical structures, especially…

Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

My roommate took an architecture class, and the other day she showed me a picture of this building, which is a museum in Spain. I thought it was really interesting because it had so many curves and organic shapes, but it’s also very sturdy and large. The shape of it reminded me of some of…

Origami and Engineering

Robert Lang used to be a NASA engineer who studied physics and lasers, but he always had a passion for origami. He quit his job at NASA in order to pursue origami, and now he makes beautiful creations out of paper. I think it’s really interesting how he can apply techniques of origami to engineering…

Art for Dogs

I recently saw some photos of the first art exhibit for dogs. I thought this was really interesting because the intended audience (dogs) was not necessarily the same as the people who were appreciating it (the humans). The audience almost became part of the art, which I think is a really interesting concept, and something…

Art in Bread

I saw this article the other day about a Japanese woman who recreates her children’s drawings in loafs of bread. I thought this was a really creative way for her to make something special for her son, and it was really cool how she could use bread to make such intricate designs. Check out the…

Graphic Design at the Oscars

During the Oscars this past weekend, there was a mix-up where La La Land was accidentally declared winner for Best Picture when it was actually supposed to be Moonlight. This was due to the fact that the presenter had the wrong card and got confused. According to one graphic designer, this problem could easily be…

Starry Night in Water

I’ve saw this video the other day of an artist recreating the painting Starry Night with only different colored water. I thought it was a really interesting piece of art because the design was not new or original; the thing that made it special was the medium through which it was being created. The water…

Strandbeest

Today in my mechanical engineering class we talked about someone who created this incredible wind-powered mechanical walking creature. I thought it was really interesting to look at, and it brings up a lot of ideas about how to use motion in art (which we are also studying in Project 2). Here is a link to…

The Man Who Sold His Back to an Art Dealer

I read this article the other day about “the man who sold his back to an art dealer,” or a man who agreed to have his back tattooed like a canvas and then sit in museum exhibitions to display it. After he dies, his skin will be framed and kept as art. I thought this…

Women’s March Posters

I’ve been seeing a lot of articles in the news lately about political protests and movements, like the Women’s March. I thought it was really interesting to look at how people designed their posters to convey their political message, and it was particularly relevant as we designed our own signs for project 1.2. This article…