William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was a victorian cartoonist best known for drawing overly complicated mechanisms able to achieve only simple … [Read more...]
120 Variations on the Platonic Solids: ‘Perspectiva Corporum Regularium‘ by Wenzel Jamnitzer
The 1586 book Perspectiva Corporum Regularium, (Perspective of the Regular Solids) is a study of the five Platonic solids modified, stellated and … [Read more...]
Embracing Landscapes: “Mimesis” (1972-1973) by Barbara and Michael Leisgen
Barbara and Michael Leisgen are a couple of German artists working at the intersection between photography, performance art and land-art since the … [Read more...]
Alexandre Ciancio’s Bain de Foule (2013)
Alexandre Ciancio is a French architect and graphic designer, who investigates the relationship between architecture, image and metaphor. In 2013 … [Read more...]
“The Road”(1958): An Antimonument by Oskar Hansen
"The Road" is an unbuilt project by Polish architect Oskar Nikolai Hansen (team leader) with Zofia Hansen, Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, Edmund Kupiecki, … [Read more...]
Reinventing Suburban Reality: “Constructed” by Pawel Nolbert
"Constructed" is a series of photos by Polish graphic designer, illustrator, and web designer Pawel Nolbert. A selection of the artist's own travel … [Read more...]
Piero Portaluppi’s Wagristoratore (1929-30)
The Wagristoratore, opened in 1930, is a project by Milan-born architect Piero Portaluppi. Located in Passo di San Girolamo at a height of 2318 meters … [Read more...]
Zones Devoid of Time: Ballard’s Penguin Covers, by David Pelham
David Pelham was an English artist and graphic designer who came to meet author J. G. Ballard through their mutual friend, pop artist Eduardo … [Read more...]
Leonie Bos’ Ideal Abode
Leonie Bos is a Dutch illustrator who reproduces a traditional printmaking effect through digital techniques. Many of her works include architectural … [Read more...]
How to Make Architecture Disappear: Ice House I and II by Gianni Pettena (1971-1972)
Italian artist Gianni Pettena conceived a series of works which might be considered on the brink between land art and architecture. Two of the most … [Read more...]
Liam Cobb, “Reflections” and Other Drawings
Liam Cobb is an illustrator and comic artist we have already featured on Socks. Here we collect a series of sketches, croquis, half finished … [Read more...]
‘Book To The Head’ And Other Comics by Max Baitinger
Max Baitinger is a German comic designer, illustrator and animator. After studying carpentry, he moved to Leipzig to study illustration. His style is … [Read more...]
The Temporary Inhabitant (L’Habitant Temporaire) by Thomas Batzenschlager
"L’Habitant Temporaire" is a project by Thomas Batzenschlager, a French architect living and working in Santiago (Chile), which takes the form of an … [Read more...]
Infinite Infrastructure: Drawings of Tokyo Stations by Tomoyuki Tanaka
Tomoyuki Tanaka is a Japanese architect who creates mesmerizing x-ray drawings of Tokyo's major stations. These are precise ballpoint pen descriptions … [Read more...]
Manufacturing Nature: “Trees by Man” by Michael Amery
Michael Amery is an artist based in Cape Town, South Africa with a graphic design background. His series of drawings in charcoal and India ink called … [Read more...]
Monuments for a Future Civilization: Paintings by Minoru Nomata
Japanese artist Minoru Nomata graduated from the Design Department of Tokyo University of the Arts and started working as a painter at the end of the … [Read more...]
A Visual Compendium of the Real World: Illustrations by Takeda Yoshifumi
Takeda Yoshifumi is a Japanese illustrator and painter currently base in Tokyo. His work consists mostly of small, detailed illustrations with a … [Read more...]
“Make Mountains” by Mark Lazenby
Mark Lazenby is a collage artist and graphic designer with a large and multifaceted production. For his series "Make mountains" the silhouette of a … [Read more...]
“The most vivid, built example of Venturi’s contradiction in architecture”: Ni-Ban-Kahn by Minoru Takeyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo (1970)
In 1970 Japanese architect Minoru Takeyama designed a building in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, simply called the Ni-Ban-Kahn (Building Number Two), while his … [Read more...]
A Monument to Endless Space: Manifold Garden by William Chyr
William Chyr is currently designing and developing an independent game set in a parallel universe where the physical laws are completely differents … [Read more...]
Giulio Paolini’s Set Design for Teorema (1999)
On the occasion of the staging of the ballet Teorema in 1999, (produced by the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino from an adaptation of the novel and film … [Read more...]
Music on a Long Thin Wire by Alvin Lucier (1977)
Alvin Lucier (1931, -) is a major American composer. He pioneered areas of sound art such as using brain waves in live performances, tracking … [Read more...]
Wolfgang Laib’s Research of Forms
Wolfgang Laib is a German artist who explores a set of minimal forms through installations that are mostly realized using natural elements like … [Read more...]
Disintegrating Digital Images: Laura Charlton’s Prints
Laura Charlton is a Brooklyn-based artist who works with silkscreen prints and monoprints The abstraction in her print works is obtained by … [Read more...]
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