Tag: Light

Art

Artist suspends 80,000 watch plates to create a shimmering forest installation

Tsuyoshi Tane of DGT Architects has created an art installation titled 'Light is Time' consisting of 80,000 analog watch main plates, the primary basic component of a watch. The small disks are suspended from the ceiling in such...

By Cameron Chapman · Aug. 01, 2020

Art

Massive LED star takes over 4-story building in Malaysia

For the 2015 Urban Xchange public art festival, Malaysian artist Jun Hao Ong took over a four story building in Penang and fitted it with a network of steel cables over 500 feet. The cables help suspend a series of pure white...

By Umar Ansari · Aug. 01, 2020

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Vintage lightbulbs use flowers with phosphorous coating as filament

These vintage light bulbs are just as awesome creatively as the smart bulbs of today. Aerolux Light Corporation produced these fantastic novelty bulbs from the 1930s to the 1970s where they used flowers in place of traditional...

By Umar Ansari · Jul. 05, 2020

Art

Photographs isolate light for a powerful symbol of hope and life

At first, one might mistake ‘After Lights Out,' Julien Mauve's photographic series, for simple nightscapes. However, a closer inspection reveals a deeper more specific message at work. Through found and photoshopped...

By Laura Smith · Apr. 02, 2020

Art

Nostalgic underwater portraits take you back to childhood summer fun

The summer months draw crowds to the water’s edge. The lakes, oceans, and pools are a venue for fun and relaxation. It was memories of childhood summers spent in the lakes of Northern Minnesota that inspired painter Samantha French...

By Steph · Feb. 17, 2020

Art

Iridescent pieces of glass create geometric patterns with light

Chris Wood uses light and glass to paint beautiful patterns onto white walls. She carefully constructs compositions with iridescent pieces of glass standing on end. Her arrangements are geometric, the glass and the light...

By Justin Crowe · Feb. 15, 2020

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Light Barrier Third Edition: An ambitious light installation by Kimchi and Chips

The latest work from Kimchi and Chips will make you think we're gonna be taken over by insects in the future. The South Korea-based artists have created a light installation, titled "Light Barrier Third Edition," that employs a...

By Umar Ansari · Jan. 02, 2020

Art

Dark shadows create mystery around dramatic portraits

England based artist Dylan Andrews uses dramatic lighting to create mysterious narrative in his drawings. Created from charcoal, his artwork is focused on portraiture, revealing intriguing details about the anonymous figures....

By Justin Crowe · Oct. 09, 2019

Creativity

Streaks of light come alive in brilliant moving images

In a series titled, “Phōtosgraphé”, the NYC-based Lucea Spinelli uses chairs, swings, and park benches as backgrounds for brilliant scenes of light in motion. Streaks of light seem to be alive and work dynamically...

By Umar Ansari · Sep. 28, 2019

Art

Photographer Craig Burrows uses UV rays to make plants glow

When traditional methods of photography aren't doing nature's beauty justice, try something avant-garde like Craig Burrows. The 28-year-old photographer employs the use of a particular type of photography when capturing...

By Umar Ansari · Sep. 01, 2019

Art

Solemn figurative sculpture near Bondi beach inspires many

Sculpture by the Sea on Bondi beach played host to some amazing works recently and this one takes the cake! Artist Alessandra Rossi's piece became the most popular one at this year's exhibition and for good reason. The figurative...

By Umar Ansari · Apr. 12, 2019

Creativity

Light is the main character in surreal short film 'LUCID'

Even the tiniest beam of light can make an otherwise bleak and lonely place feeling slightly more welcoming. German creatives Tarek Mawad and Friedrich van Schoor from 3hund produced a short film called LUCID with...

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 19, 2019

Industrial design

French studio's minimalist 'ISP Lamp' is inspired by an airplane's fuselage

DCW editions has been making some very interesting lighting solutions lately and their latest is just awesome. The French lighting and furniture design firm's new ISP Lamp was inspired by the design of an airplane's fuselage....

By Umar Ansari · Mar. 11, 2019

Furniture

Holey illuminated furniture by Plust

Plust is an Italian company that teams up with both local and international designers to produce furniture and décor. One of their most popular series is called the Airball collection, a collaboration with the industrial product...

By Caris Cruz · Oct. 09, 2018

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Massive projection installation features thousands of colorful koi fish

Visitors to Tokyo’s Odaiba Minna no YUME-TAIRIKU 2016 festival were welcomed by  teamLab‘s light mapping installation which features a seemingly never-ending pool of water. This illusion is made possible by mirrored...

By Umar Ansari · Sep. 25, 2018