Available for pre-order now (but shipping 2 April), Snarkitecture’s first book promises to be inspiring and beguiling. This 256-page hardcover includes 400 illustrations showcasing 70+ works from the New York-based studio. Founded in 2008 by artist Daniel Arsham and Alex Mustonen, Snarkitecture has been responsible for some of the most charming and immersive projects and their self-titled book will surely uncover some hidden treasures.
Suspended from the ceiling of Seoul’s Gana Art Gallery is COS and Snarkitecture’s latest collaboration: a huge, lilac-colored marble run. The installation (titled “Loop”) has four tracks on which every five seconds, a glass marble is released and travels the run—only to be dropped into a pile of marbles in another room. Snarkitecture co-founder Daniel Arsham says, “While we wanted the design to be playful, …
About two minutes into the first segment of Daniel Arsham’s trilogy, “Hourglass,” we see a brief shot of a TV screen showing the colorful swirl of a hurricane barreling toward Miami—an image that has been burned in to my head since seeing it first-hand in my own Miami home in 1992. Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida that August and was the most destructive storm in …
