Behind floral design studio Renko, artist Ren MacDonald-Balasia creates fantastical living sculptures with an emphasis on local, seasonal and unexpected materials. Working between Los Angeles and Honolulu, the Hawaii native’s mesmerising creations intertwine everything from lush green foliage, tendrilous string beans and striking banana blossoms, to prehistoric-looking Mink Protea flowers and sumptuous fruits from carambola…
Hailing from Copenhagen, with imminent plans to relocate to Paris, Danish designer Louise Lyngh Bjerregaard’s eponymous brand brings together unexpected material combinations in distinctively cut garments, subverting established traditions of knitwear. A graduate of Central Saint Martins and the Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design, Lyngh Bjerregaard’s off-kilter offering spans ready-to-wear and couture pieces, imbued with…
Established in 2003 by Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample, New York-based architectural practice MOS Architects’ fascinating and eclectic body of work oscillates between diverse outputs from housing, educational sites, cultural institutions and retail spaces, to exhibitions, installations, furniture, and objects; the practice also regularly produces books, speculative software and films. Their distinctive approach to design…
This spring, London gallery Taymour Grahne Projects is set to present Life Without Night, the first UK solo show by New York-based artist James Bartolacci. The exhibition draws from Bartolacci’s personal experience of queer nightlife in New York City prior to the pandemic, as well as current and on-going scenes staged in friends’ bedrooms, which…
Hailing from Man, a city in western Côte d’Ivoire, Lafalaise Dion, who studied journalism at the Institute of Science and Technology in Abidjan, grew up fascinated by the traditions of her ancestors, admiring in particular the cowrie adorned headdresses worn by performers during rituals. In ancient times, the small molluscs’ shells played an important function…
Ivorian-Canadian artist and chef Ramata Coulibaly’s interdisciplinary practice takes inspiration from her West African roots, childhood memories, and the ways in which food impacts her life, ultimately driven by an urge to reshape cultural and political conversations with art and autochthonous multicultural cooking. Through her practice, which has seen her collaborate with the likes of…
Helmed by co-founders Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg, New York-based architecture practice SO–IL’s diverse and globe-spanning portfolio comprises everything from art galleries and fashion showrooms to social housing and interactive public installations. With a client list including the likes of the Whitney Museum, Telfar, Google, Frieze, Versace, the Guggenheim, and K11 Art Foundation, since 2008,…
Counting the likes of Tracee Ellis Ross, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Adut Akech and Indya Moore as fans of her compelling jewellery line, Beads Byaree founder Areeayl Goodwin creates unique works of art out of everything from intricately twisted wire, miniature picture frames and shells, to textiles and carved stones, all elegantly arranged to adorn…
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