Week 13(2023) —Digest
Design
Dreams Drawn
Vancouver-based artist Evelyn Tan captures her colourful and eventful dreams in a series of mixed-media illustrations. You can read more about her dream series here on It’s Nice That.
Soft Textile Sculptures
Artist Shishi San creates textile works that awe the viewer in terms of their scale and contrast between material and final artwork, you can read more here on Yatzer.
Earth Murals
The local environment, and water. Those are the raw materials needed by David Popa in his natural murals which result in an incredible level of realism that is transformed by the environment in which they are placed. Read more about Popa’s murals here.
Denim on Everything, Please.
Contemporary artist Harry Nuriev visits the concept of the American Dream in his exhibition at the Parisian gallery, Carpenters Workshop Gallery. By applying denim to nearly all visible objects Nuriev stirs up ideas around consumerism in the post-pandemic era where our homes have become much more than places we reside in. Read more about the exhibition on Dezeen.
Fashion
Red Wing Shoes x Mario Boots
Red Wing Shoes assembles its craftspeople to make the ultimate working boots in collaboration with Nintendo. The pair of boots are constructed with Red Wing’s expertise as the go-to work boots manufacturer. You can see more details and a behind-the-scenes video on their website.
