A jam-packed Visual Diary this week. We’ve made sure to add in “via” credits so you can see the source of each item. Often they’re just as interesting as each piece of art, craft or video itself. Remember, if you want to curate a Visual Diary, just tweet us @STWnextness.
The obscure, abstruse beauty of Abstract Season Changes.
San Francisco’s Bay Bridge becomes world’s largest light art installation. Via Jessica Furseth.
Abstracted shapes “as living creatures – each given locomotion by the possibilities and restrictions inherent in it’s own physical form -- the objects ‘finding their own way’ both despite & because of their own physical properties & limitations.” The Wool Parade was created by Studio AKA for the Danish textile company Kvadrat. Via The Kid Should See This.
Abstract collage by Bradford Shellhammer. Noticed just then that this is over two years old. Wonder what creators think when their old stuff has a rebirth of interest?
Yokoo spectacles. “Not for reading.” Remember this gorgeous Etsy video about Yokoo?
“This site is dedicated to serve as an archival record of a first edition NYCTA Graphics Standards Manual designed by Massimo Vignelli of Unimark International. The manual was found in a locker beneath old gym clothes. Roll over the images to magnify. Enjoy.” Via Maud Newton.
Hendrik Kerstens. Bag. 2007. Via 3 Quarks Daily. Reminds us of…
… artist Nina Katchadourian‘s Lavatory Self-portraits in the Flemish Style, taken in aeroplane bathrooms on long haul flights. Via Open Culture.
“We simply shared a roll of film, without sharing the details of our shots. This is the result.” Illusory, a photo project by Annette Pehrsson and Mariam Sitchinava.
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Patti Smith’s advice to the young. “Build a good name,” she says. Revisit “What matters is the work”: 25 lessons for creatives in Patti Smith’s ‘Just Kids.’