Jacob Paul Wiegmann's Blog – October 2011 Archive (49)

Quintessential James Perse Pool Table

The James Perse pool table is beautifully crafted. It serves as both a functioning pool table and stunning dinner table, thanks to the included tabletop cover. The pool table is an excellent continuation of the minimalist design aesthetic seen in both Perse's furniture and clothes. Made out of solid teak that has been environmentally farmed, the Perse pool table is handmade in the USA… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 6, 2011 at 2:28pm — 1 Comment

Drinking from the Heart

Our heart is a muscle we should all take care of and the Cuore carafe hopes to remind us of that at every meal. Designed by Liviana Osti, this was part of a design contest put forward by Milan based group Paolo C. The rules were to make a dinnerware piece that also related to our food and health habits.

Osti's Cuore carafe is a beautiful pyrex human heart made up of two… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 6, 2011 at 2:27pm — 2 Comments

Hidden Animal Cereal Bowls

Geraldine de Beco's ceramic cereal bowls include a little surprise when filled with liquid. When the bowls are empty, they appear to have strange carvings around the edges, but when the bowls have liquid in them, the form of an animal magically appears.

The bowls come with three different animals to choose from - a wolf, a bird and a cat. The silhouetted forms of… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 6, 2011 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Extraordinary Burning Man Scenes

Photographer Scott London has been going to Burning Man for the last eight years, taking photographs of his personal experience. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Burning Man, it is a week long festival held in northern Nevada which encourages participants to express themselves through many means, such as art, dance, and costumes.

London has attended the last three years of Burning Man as part of a documentation team. His job is to photograph the festival while… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 4, 2011 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments

Spooky Victorian Lego Houses

Just in time for Halloween, artist Mike Doyle has created these beautifully detailed Victorian mansions out of nothing but Legos. He uses no outside materials when creating these houses, and one house can take up to 600 hours to make and uses 130,000 pieces to build.

Doyle says about his work that they "speak to the inherent unpredictability of those things which we call our foundation." He also mentions that "the piece offers no answers or necessarily… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 4, 2011 at 2:21pm — 2 Comments

Modern Railway Station Opens in China

An impressive new railroad station has just been opened in Guangzhou, China. Designed by the London based TFP Farrells, the "Guangzhou South Railway Station," is already in the running for a World Architecture Festival award in transportation.

The railroad station would circulate 300,00 travelers daily and is equipped with 28 arriving and departing platforms, as well as… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 3, 2011 at 4:57pm — 2 Comments

Most Bizarre Outdoor Sculptures in the World

Crocodile Eats Capitalist, New York, USA

Nearly every large city in the world has some form of a sculpture or statue that depicts a piece of history, makes a statement or is just meant to be observed as an object of beauty and skill. However these sculptures, gathered from around the world, are making…

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Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 3, 2011 at 4:56pm — 8 Comments

Phenomenal Portraits Created from Corks

Scott Gundersen is a wonderful portrait drawer but as an artist, took his portraits to another level by rendering his drawings in corks. Gundersen collects the corks, then arranges them by tone and later fills in the different tones for the shading of his portraits. Gundersen starts with the lightest corks and builds up to the darkest toned ones. One of his works, entitled "Grace," is a massive 66" X 96" portrait that's made up of 9,217 corks. It took over 50 hours to… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 1, 2011 at 8:33am — 1 Comment

Inner Demons

Graffiti artist and Australian native Meggs recently finished his first solo show in London entitled Inner Demons, and is now setting up for Young & Free, the largest Australian street art show outside of Australia.

In an interview with High Fructose, he… Continue

Added by Jacob Paul Wiegmann on October 1, 2011 at 8:33am — 1 Comment

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