A New Book Plunges into the Vast Diversity of the World’s Oceans Across 3,000 Years
Despite thousands of years of research and an unending fascination with marine creatures, humans have explored only five percent of the oceans covering the majority of the earth’s surface. A forthcoming book from Phaidon dives into the planet’s notoriously vast and mysterious aquatic ecosystems,…
A Sprawling Nest of Vintage Wooden Chairs Perches on Liaigre’s Facade in Paris
Constructed with an intuitive weaving process evocative of birds, Tadashi Kawamata’s “Nest in Liaigre” is a sprawling, site-specific installation that questions how we interact with our built environments. The towering work perches on the side of the Liaigre architecture firm and winds inside…
Enormous Animals with Divine Powers Populate Kanako Abe’s Dreamy Papercuts
“My intention is to invite the viewers to feel like they’re in a little story theater when they look at my art,” says Kanako Abe about her latest series. The Seattle-based artist is known for her elegant Kirie works, which feature intricate compositions of flora…
Embroidered Patches Redefine Vintage Postcards and Photographs by Fiber Artist Han Cao
Through densely laid cross-stitches and whorls of thread, Han Cao revitalizes discarded photographs and postcards. Similar to the artist’s previous projects, her latest series New Nostalgia strikes a balance between the original subjects and the fiber-based additions. Sometimes covering faces with sparse dandelion puffs or…
Hand-Tufted Patches of Color Form Lush Fiber Portraits by Artist Simone Saunders
Alberta-based artist Simone Saunders hand-tufts bold, colorful portraits with themes of identity and Black history woven throughout. Crafting vibrant patches of fibers that form eyes, lips, and garments, Saunders casts her earnest subjects against austere backgrounds, which sometimes are marked with “Black…
What is WAP?
A smartphone without internet connectivity seems almost unimaginable in today’s day and age, right? Ever wondered just how you’re able to access the world of the internet from your devices, day in and day out? Well, what started it all, was Wireless…
Lush Hand-Embroidered Portraits by Artist Lisa Smirnova
Artist Lisa Smirnova hand-embroiders colorful works that appear like delicate colored pencil drawings, appropriate since she couples the craft with a dedicated drawing practice. Her works on cloth depict both the anonymous and famous, stitching renditions of Frida Kahlo and Charles Bukowski…
What is an operating system?
Any time you’ve been looking to buy a new smartphone, laptop, or TV, one of the first questions you may have been asked is which operating system, or OS, you’d prefer. Some of you may have the answer to this question. However,…
What is a processor?
You may have often come across the word ‘processor’ in any and every conversation around a smartphone, laptop, TV, or just about any other gadget you can think of. Ever wondered just what a processor refers to, what it does, and…
What is a power supply unit?
Anytime you’ve been looking to build your own desktop, chances are, you may have been asked which power supply unit you’re looking for. However, while you may have put a lot of thought into things such as the CPU and…