Archive for June, 2011
Artist Kylie Stillman Carves Stacks of Books Into Classic Natural Imagery
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We are all aware that books come from trees, but artist Kylie Stillman readapts them by turning them back into a version of their original form through sculpture. Carving carfeully into stacks of books, Stillman creates these beautifully delicate inverted reliefs that brings us a whole world of trees and birds through thoughtful silhouettes. Stillman’s artwork moves away from the boundaries of the books by crafting them into a new life, distorting their original form and use. She engraves the book like a slab of stone, as opposed to using it as a two-dimensional canvas. The works create a reminder of how...
Artist For Humanity Youth Develop Plastic Bag Bar Stools
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From Artists of Humanity comes an innovative design that turns more than 200 plastic shopping, dry-cleaning or newspaper bags into a colorful plastic bar stool, called “ReVision.” Made by inner-city youth in Boston, Massachusetts, the stools received the Social Responsibility Award by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) at the 2011 Architectural Digest Home Design Show in New York City. Photos: Besides fast foot chains, AFH is the largest youth employer in Boston, where they are based. They provide employment to more than two hundred inner-city teenagers per year, many of whom are under-served, in commission projects including painting, video,...
Etnies Jameson 2 Eco Shoe
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Through a partnership between Etnies, a Costa Rican indigenous tribe, and a reforestation foundation, Etnies will be reforesting Costa Rica through its “Buy A Shoe, Plant a Tree” project. For every pair of etnies Jameson 2 Eco shoes sold, etnies will plant one tree in Costa Rica. Much of the Earth’s rainforests have been destroyed for farming over the last 80 years, and Etnies is going to help reverse deforestation one pair of shoes at a time by planting trees in the La Reserva Forest in Costa Rica. The rainforests help curb global warming by providing more than a quarter...
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