Simple Present by Bert Danckaert in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Simple Present by Bert Danckaert in thisispaperstories.com
“We see in Bert Danckaert’s work a strangely familiar universe: that of the unremarkable, undistinguished places in which all of us spend so much of our lives, places we pass through without giving them any notice, spaces that are just trajectories, parts of a line connecting one place with another. Places, in short, that define our lives and that of so many other people in the urbanized world…”
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China Ink Drawings by Merijn Hos in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
China Ink Drawings by Merijn Hos in thisispaperstories.com
The china ink drawings are born from the idea too for a moment leave my simple color rich characters behind me for a moment and let them appear in a new world in a properly executed opposite ancient traditional style of illustrating. All drawings measure 70 x 50 cm…
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Dowel-Blocks by Torafu Architects in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Dowel-Blocks by Torafu Architects in thisispaperstories.com
Fun polyester decorative plywood blocks can be joined with doweling to form various shapes – the only limit is your imagination. Holes on five sides allows the blocks to be connected three-dimensionally in an infinite number of ways…
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Haze Table by Wonmin Park in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Haze Table by Wonmin Park in thisispaperstories.com
Shifting between solid and insubstantial. The Haze series creates a bridge between opposing states. The basic geometric shapes seemingly capturing the light as it travels through the resin. With the Haze series by Wonmin Park makes another aesthetic statement championing a more relaxed perspective on life effectively continuing the work he started with the Unfocused series…
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Ceramics for Plastics by Roos Gomperts in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Ceramics for Plastics by Roos Gomperts in thisispaperstories.com
Buckets, screw tops, disposable cups, according to Roos Gomperts, these everyday plastic objects deserve more recognition. We’re used to hiding such things away in cupboards. I want to show that we don’t have to, she says…
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Secret Signals by Rogier Arents in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Secret Signals by Rogier Arents in thisispaperstories.com
The short movie is made for a plant study at the University of Amsterdam, they research the way defense mechanisms of plants work. The movie shows one of their findings: a plant’s defense against a plague of mites…
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Graduation Collection by Yvonne Kwok in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Graduation Collection by Yvonne Kwok in thisispaperstories.com
In Roman times men believed in a genius (from Latin ‘producer’). The genius was seen as a personal guardian angel that spoke to the man. People believed that creativity was not seen as a talent of an artist but as a gift from a deity. In the Renaissance the individual human being became the center. The genius disappeared and the man himself was seen as a genius. The responsibility was from that moment in our own hands…
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Measuring Less to Feel More by Mickael Boulay in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Measuring Less to Feel More by Mickael Boulay in thisispaperstories.com
Stress has a high impact on the successful management of diabetes. After field research, I realized that diabetic people are actually stressed by the device they must use to check their blood sugar level. The current devices focus strictly on quantifying with numbers, and leave no room for personal feeling, sensation, or subtlety…
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DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2012 – Finale in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2012 – Finale in thisispaperstories.com
On the last day of Dutch Design Week 2012 we ventured far (well, far by Eindhoven’s standards – about 3,5 km) east to Sectie C. We took a closer look at how Mint Collective, comprised of 12 Design Academy’s graduates, has turned an empty industrial space into a cozy studio…
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Landnemar by Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes in THISISPAPER MAGAZINE
Landnemar by Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes in thisispaperstories.com
Landnemar by Alvaro Sanchez-Montañes
Landnemar walks through a country of frozen soils, empty spaces and minimalist architecture in barren landscapes. Its images make us witness a hostile unyielding environment to which their inhabitants surrender and give in. We open our eyes to a relationship between Culture and Landscape unimaginable for Western urbanites, which invites us to reflect on the human being’s need to dominate Nature…
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