Gone are the days of turntables and vinyl LPs. This present time is all about iPods and digital music. Of course, our parents still get nostalgic about the old times when they were fond of having great collections of these vintage records, but we’ve mov
Artistic inspirations depend on the artists themselves. What serves as one’s muse may not work for another. This is probably why we see so many forms of art. Paintings and sculptures are the two that are the most common but they don’t complete the lis
Old books that have no use for us usually end up dusting away in storehouses for years together. But contemporary artist Guy Laramee has a different conception about paper. For more than 30 years now, he has been creating marvelous 3D sculptors out of boo
If you thought that the only way to ornament walls was either pasting them with classy wallpaper or caking the surface with paint, then it’s time you consider draping them with plants and vegetation. A green wall will not only lend a fresh feel to the w
We here at EcoFriend have written about a slew of Chinese architectural projects that bank on their grandeur as well as sustainability. However this time around, for a change, we are witness to the frolicsome nature of the Chinese, albeit fused with some
No matter how abstract the world of art is or how metaphorically we interpret it; it always manages to inspire us and awe us. For landscape artist Andres Amador, his art is a way of expressing the realities of human experiences through patterns engraved o
How would you like to let the river play a few sounds for you? Dubbed as ‘Flow’ and about to steal the spotlight at the Cultural Olympiad in UK, this innovative work of art in Newcastle floats on river surface and doles out tunes depending on the mood
Doris Salcedo, a sculptor born in Colombo has exhibited an installation named ‘Plegaria Muda’ meaning ‘Mute Prayer’ at the MAXXI, national museum of XXI century arts, Rome. Monica Trombetta a curator at MAXXI organized this exhibition along with I
Most of us enjoy drinking coffee, sometimes to satisfy the craving and mainly because we just want to. However, while making coffee we don’t usually think about products like coffee filters, which are discarded after a few uses, and coffee stirrers, which
If you are not a devoted Star Wars fan, it can sometimes be hard for you to understand the passion that comes attached with it. You see people camping for a couple of days to buy memorabilia and collectibles that for most others would mean absolutely noth
