0 INDOOR CLOUDS BY BERNDNAUT SMILDE

These awesome photos of clouds by dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde are by no means photoshopped.


The clouds are generated using a smoke machine, but Smilde must carefully monitor a room's humidity and atmosphere in order to get the smoke to hang so elegantly, and with such life-like form. Backlighting is used to bring out shadows from within the cloud, to give it that look of a looming and ominous rain cloud.

Nimbus - Sala Murat, 2012 Cloud in room

Sala Murat, Bari, IT

As part of 'Chaos Theory'

curated by Fausta Bolettieri 

and Roberto Lacarbonara

photo: Andrea Leonetti

2 BRIDGE VLAARDINGSE VAART - THE 'TWIST' BRIDGE BY WEST 8 ARCHITECTS

The BRIDGE VLAARDINGSE VAART or the "Bridge Over the 'Vlaardingse' Canal, is a bridge designed by West 8 Architects with structural engineers ABT.  Spanning approximately 42 meters, this bridge connnects the Holy-Zuid district and the Broekpolder district over Vlaardingse Vaart in The Netherlands.

Photos © Jeroen Musch

0 FEATURED ARTIST: FLORENTIJN HOFMAN

FLORENTIJN HOFMAN
Humour, sensation, maximum impact; internationally renowned Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman (Delfzijl, 1977) does not settle for less. His sculptures are large, very large, and are bound to make an impression. Take Rubber Duck (2007) for example: a gigantic 26-metre-high yellow rubber duck. It is an inflatable, based on the standard model that children from all four corners of the world are familiar with. The impressive rubber duck travels the world and pops up in many different cities: from Auckland and São Paulo to Osaka. A very positive artistic statement that immediately connects people to their childhood.

0 LEVI VAN VELUW, AUTOMATA

Automata are mechanical objects endowed with life by ingenious means. This rewindable object is made from wood. The cubes rotate around their axes as they are powered by 100 gears.

0 CREATIVE ADVERTISING

The Deli Garage, "Parmesan Pencils"
(by Kolle Rebbe / KOREFE, Hamburg, GERMANY)


Develop packaging for a trio of selected parmesan cheeses including a grater shaped like a pencil sharpener - an addition to the "The Deli Garage" range, a food label that supports small manufacturers of delicacies with lovely packaging ideas.