Art.In.General

The design for the Kaohsiung Cruise Terminal by Emergent is interior driven, biasing building section, and interior spatial effects. The goal is to create a cavernous space which will appear simultaneously massive and lightweight. The project oscillates between volume and surface, avoiding the limitations of exclusively surface-based and volume-based architectures. The Port Services Center, made up of string of hard elliptical volumes, is pushed down into the soft bubble of the Ferry Terminal, so that exterior skin becomes interiorized. This nesting action allows for functional division between the programmatic elements while creating complex interior formations. While the Ferry Terminal is oriented towards the inside, the Port Services Center- consisting primarily of offices- is oriented towards the outside, with views out to the city and the ocean. It is a building within a building. The skin of the Ferry terminal is constructed out of transparent ETFE membrane and hard fiber-composite Armor Plates. These Armor Plates operate as both structure and ornament. They create stiff zones in the skin where the membrane can be affixed. Ultimately, the construction system is a hybrid of shell and membrane construction types- what we now call Shell-branes. A pattern of color flows over the armor, both responding to underlying formal features, and at times becoming graphic. Similar to a butterfly wing, coloration follows competing criteria, such as structural and optical pattern logics. Gradient effects begin to blur boundaries between opacities and transparencies, creating unifying visual crossovers between the two systems of the Shell-brane. The open space to east and west of the buildable area is designed as new kind of park, which does infrastructural work as well as supporting the picturesque. It is an organic machine, where energy is cultivated and grown inside algae photo-bioreactor pods. Using sunlight as well as artificial light at night, these pods gener

good for handmade vs. industrial process 3d design classes

This is the fantastic work of Berlin-based artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson. The work is made by cutting through books to create assemblies of images in relief. Very skilled stuff...

A great collection of images focusing on death.

Turkish ebru art.For more arts and crafts videos check out www.askthecrafter.com

That's fascinating. Do you have any idea exactly what that liquid is? It looks a lot thicker than water.

Kalighat painting of Hanuman the Monkey God teasing open his chest to reveal Rama & Sita enshrined within it; Indian (Calcutta); c.1865 - 70.Museum no. IS.231-1953.

Lady Gaga probably would appreciate things like this! :D

Tutorials

The main objective of the blog "Look in art", is to reproduce clearly all modern artists who create or found new modern artistic directions, the thematic of the blog considers the whole art like, painting, cinema, photography, sculpture, design…

How to Crochet 101 -SINGLE .for more videos check out www.askthecrafter.com

This video will teach you how to get started on a crocheted Infinity scarf.It will show you also how to do a chain stitch and a half douvle crochet stitch.

Hard to find good images of the architectural work of Russian artists, Brodsky and Utkin.  A flickr set.