public art | designboom.com https://www.designboom.com/tag/public-art/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Thu, 03 Aug 2023 11:19:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 vicente spínola’s totem installation stacks reflective semispheres, pondering the climate crisis https://www.designboom.com/art/vicente-spinola-totem-installation-reflective-semi-spheres-climate-crisis-two-point-five-planets-08-03-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/vicente-spinola-totem-installation-reflective-semi-spheres-climate-crisis-two-point-five-planets-08-03-2023/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 02:05:56 +0000 VicSpinola https://www.designboom.com/?p=1007385

nodding to the fragility of equilibriums, the installation alludes to the over-expenditure of our planet’s resources and its impact on the climate.

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world’s largest sundial with solar panels triples as energy generator and arts venue in houston https://www.designboom.com/technology/worlds-largest-sundial-arch-of-time-riccardo-mariano-solar-panels-houston-texas-07-25-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/technology/worlds-largest-sundial-arch-of-time-riccardo-mariano-solar-panels-houston-texas-07-25-2023/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 19:15:51 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1007104

the dubbed world’s largest sundial tells time using sunlight, produces electricity with solar panels, and will become a permanent arts venue in houston in 2024.

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plastique fantastique’s ringed installation envelops parisian footbridge for nuit blanche 2023 https://www.designboom.com/art/plastique-fantastique-ringed-installation-parisian-footbridge-nuit-blanche-2023-ringdeluxe-07-19-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/plastique-fantastique-ringed-installation-parisian-footbridge-nuit-blanche-2023-ringdeluxe-07-19-2023/#respond Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:40:36 +0000 PF https://www.designboom.com/?p=1005779

RINGdeLUXE symbolically connects the two shores of paris while embodying the inseparable relationship between the city and its people.

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ENESS’ solar-powered benches inspired by vintage flower graphics oscillate in melbourne  https://www.designboom.com/art/eness-solar-powered-public-benches-vintage-flower-graphics-melbourne-07-04-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/eness-solar-powered-public-benches-vintage-flower-graphics-melbourne-07-04-2023/#respond Tue, 04 Jul 2023 02:05:37 +0000 Lyndal Hall https://www.designboom.com/?p=1001710

in interaction with the sun, the cluster of flower-shaped benches spin faster on brighter days and slower under cloud cover.

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jeppe hein’s water rooms appear in the form of a liquid pavilion at basel’s public freilager platz https://www.designboom.com/art/jeppe-hein-water-appearing-rooms-liquid-pavilion-basel-public-freilager-platz-06-16-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/jeppe-hein-water-appearing-rooms-liquid-pavilion-basel-public-freilager-platz-06-16-2023/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 02:05:43 +0000 christina petridou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=998822

made of flowing water, the walls unpredictably rise and fall, determining who can enter and who must wait.

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charles ray’s new public sculpture in manhattan imagines adam and eve in their old age https://www.designboom.com/art/charles-ray-christopher-wool-manhattan-sculpture-adam-eve-06-11-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/charles-ray-christopher-wool-manhattan-sculpture-adam-eve-06-11-2023/#respond Sun, 11 Jun 2023 02:10:52 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=997602

accompanying charles ray's reflective piece is christopher wool's 'crosstown traffic,' his largest piece to date and first-ever mosaic.

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explore joana vasconcelos’ three-tier ceramic wedding cake pavilion at waddesdon garden https://www.designboom.com/art/joana-vasconcelos-ceramic-wedding-cake-pavilion-waddesdon-manor-02-24-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/joana-vasconcelos-ceramic-wedding-cake-pavilion-waddesdon-manor-02-24-2023/#respond Wed, 07 Jun 2023 08:45:12 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=969391

the sculptural desert reaches 12 meters high and patches over 26,000 viúva lamego ceramic tiles and pieces around the three-tier garden architecture.

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looming over columbus, 500,000 knots weave janet echelman’s lucid fiber tapestry ‘current’ https://www.designboom.com/art/current-fiber-sculpture-janet-echelman-columbus-ohio-06-06-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/current-fiber-sculpture-janet-echelman-columbus-ohio-06-06-2023/#respond Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:01:34 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=996754

‘current’ by janet echelman is made up of 500,000 knots and 78 miles of twine, making it the longest piece of public art in columbus, ohio.

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florentijn hofman’s inflatable rubber duck gets an identical twin for its return to hong kong https://www.designboom.com/art/florentijn-hofman-inflatable-rubber-ducks-hong-kong-allrightsreserved-06-05-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/art/florentijn-hofman-inflatable-rubber-ducks-hong-kong-allrightsreserved-06-05-2023/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 19:30:20 +0000 matthew burgos | designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=996419

the two 18-meter-tall inflatable rubber ducks by florentijn hofman will float in victoria harborm, hong kong starting june 10th, 2023.

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TDC’s dynamic illuminations bring the city to life at vivid sydney 2023  https://www.designboom.com/design/tdc-dynamic-illuminations-vivid-sydney-2023-05-30-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/design/tdc-dynamic-illuminations-vivid-sydney-2023-05-30-2023/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 19:15:20 +0000 katinka https://www.designboom.com/?p=994875

from the sydney opera house to the floating HMAS vampire, the installations have transformed the city into an open-air gallery.

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