Olafur Eliasson Wins MIT Award

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Generally reserved for up-and-coming artists, MIT’s annual Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts was recently granted to veteran artist Olafur Eliasson for 2014. Known for his 2003 Tate Turbine Hall Installation and 2008 New York City Waterfalls, the Danish-Icelandic artist excels in large-scale public works. Phaidon digs deeper into how Eliasson will use his creativity to collaborate with the renowned academic institution during his brief …

Open Source T-Shirts

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to.be, the online creative platform, has partnered with the continually ahead-of-the-curve DIS Magazine to offer a range of open-source T-shirts. With a collection of images chosen by the creatives at DIS, users can modify, alter and create one of a kind shirts for just $40 or a large print for $45. The internet-inspired aesthetic along with the user-guided designs speak to the undercurrents of the …

Designer Pumpkin Carving

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When some of the best Brooklyn-based architects and design teams were asked to compete in pumpkin carving, everyone expected undeniably remarkable results. That said, the host—online publication Sight Unseen—and their judging partner, acclaimed design firm Snarkitecture, couldn’t have predicted masterful typography, Japanese machetes, dry wall and plenty more imaginative materials. Visionary sculpting, embedded LEDS and even a “banana” factored in to a spirited challenge perfect …