Link About It: This Week’s Picks

A Leica iPhone case concept, Mobile cell phone towers and repurposed runways in this week's look at the web

1. Mini Camper Trailer English firm Environmental Transport Association invented this fabulous little camper that hooks up to Jazzys or other personal electric scooters. The cozy cabin has room for a nap, proper British tea and even a flatscreen. 2. Leica i9 iPhone Case Black Design Associates gave a sneak peak at one of their fantasy projects. The concept Leica i9 case would, in a …

Haunted Houses

Haunted houses and crime scene dioramas in a morbidly fascinating photographer's work

Photographer Corinne May Botz’ imagery teases out the human relationship with the supernatural. In her latest show at the Kennedy Museum of Art, photos from Botz’s “Haunted Houses” series are on display as part of the collection “Shadows and Phenomena”. Shot over several years, Botz paired her photographs of “haunted house” interiors across the United States with a series of contemporary first-hand ghost stories. The …

Eli Ping

Moody sculptural paintings by an emerging NYC artist

Stark yet colorful works that fall somewhere between painting and sculpture, NYC-based artist Eli Ping’s practice is a study of unexpected tension in form, subject and tone. Ping says he’s “ultimately interested in materials and process, and accomplishing a form that conveys energetic resonance to the viewer,” a feat accomplished by keeping spontaneity alive in otherwise highly-considered compositions. This ruminative approach to art-making shows up …