Category: Photography

The Colorado-based painter Heidi Annalise creates exceptional tiny landscape paintings that are tucked in a small mint tins. The impressionistic portrayals seize various sceneries across the United States, at the same time revealing the artist’s fascination with the nature.

Each tiny box features an oil painting on the lid, while inside is a color palette that Annalise used for the artwork. This “landscape in a box” materialises as an illusory extension of the reality that preserves the scenery, but also the creative process of this self-taught painter. “My paintings reflect the joy of being once again surrounded by the natural beauty of the mountains, a celebration of homecoming,” describes Heidi Annalise her paintings. “Floating between realism and impressionism, my artwork adds an element of fantasy to the natural world with heightened colors and simplified shapes.”

With the architecture project ‘Binh House’ Vo Trong Nghia Architects (VTN Architects) take up the challenge of creating a green oasis in the dense neighborhood of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Using sustainable materials such as natural stone, wood and exposed concrete aims to go easy on resources.

The vertically stacked building houses a family consisting of three generations. So the architects wanted to create a dwelling that offers retreats and privacy as well as room for interaction and togetherness. The residence is part of VTN’s series named ‘House for Trees’. As the urbanization of Vietnamese cities forges ahead, nature is being more and more pushed back. To counter this movement the architects focus on incorporating tropical gardens and other greens in the building. Various courtyards are loaded with plants and open up to the spacious open living area, dining room, bedrooms and a study space. Glass walls allow daylight to suffuse each room and concrete facades improve the microclimate by providing natural air supply. A dreamy roof garden helps the Binh House make an impression.

Placed over the steep hillside in Echo Park, California, the new single family house is not only surrounded by large trees but has also a towering pine growing through one of it’s rooms. Designed by Simon Storey of Anonymous Architects, the 185 square meter residence is rectangular in plan and was carefully constructed to complete the landscape.

The home is elevated to minimize site disturbance and was accurately designed to avoid removing any of the cypress trees around. By building the house into a wooded environment, a heavy use of wood can be found both outside and inside. One purpose of the project was to preserve the natural features, so the architects built one of the bedrooms around an existing cypress tree. The foundation consists of concrete piles with steel used to support the cantilever. The interior is conceptualized as two distinct units located under a single roof. The main unit contains two bedrooms, so a family of four can live there.

Electronic music composer, producer, drummer and photographer Neil Kryszak believes that all art forms can communicate beautiful aesthetic values, as long as they are visually or audibly pleasing.

After moving to Los Angeles, he began focusing on photography, inspired by the new surroundings and lifestyle. His pictures are characterized by surreal and exotic aesthetics, showing reflections of multicolored lights saturating the streets, architecture and the distant scenery, all fading into black. Led by intuition and trust, the instantaneous creative release and the ability to provoke through a frozen moment attracted Neil to photography. Especially the night time is very meditative to the artist. When it’s calm, there is a lot to imagine and to work with creatively, intrigued by adventure and mystery. Characterized by experimental and psychedelic art styles, the pictures also feature a 70s, 80s and 90s nostalgia.

Detroit-based designer Evan Fay of design studio Aratani Fay is best known for experimenting with expressive and irregular forms. On Salone Satellite, a subsidiary event of Milan Design Week, Evan exhibited his unique Lawless chair as a different kind of furniture with an innovative artful form.

Made of deep blue foam ribbons that are interwoven with round black metal frame in different angles, this cleverly crafted furniture piece appears elegant and luxurious. The square foam strips are covered in Neoprene, also known as scuba fabric to keep things comfortable. Lawless Chair is a celebration of irregularity within a system, pursuing a more artful form that responds to the chaotic landscape within our structured society. This sculptural chair adds a touch of charm to a space with irresistibly attractive design. The punk aesthetic construction of metal pieces with foam ribbons evoke a different kind of aesthetic that makes it perfect for modern apartments, offering a cushioned feel of a quilted hammock.

Alexandra Von Fuerst is the London-based Italian photographer whose lenses form playful, surrealistic and refined images. While her work mainly focuses on the glossy fashion imageries, her images delicately flirt with provocative but subtle details of female bodies and objects.

Alexandra Von Fuerst’s oeuvre revolves around forms but is also expressive in colour, being at the same time subtle and bold. Playing with shapes and movements, photographer modifies body silhouettes by creating new relationship with their settings. Even though fairly young, her works have been published in a various publications. Photographer´s portfolio comprises some very interesting collaborations, like the one with artist John Yuyi for Metal Magazine, or a surreal photo essay ‘Sensuality of the Objects’ with Odiseo Magazine.

All images © Alexandra Von Fuerst