art, out of this world

20 thousand leagues under the sea

26/07/2007 DesignFlute 2 Comments

Concept

The Unstill Life

Vicissitudes

The lost correspondent

Is it a visual seascape?

Weird?

Experimental?

Art touching environmental boundaries?

Or drawing attention to ecological processes?

It is a world’s first underwater sculpture park, created by Jason de Caires Taylor.

This sculpture park is located on the beautiful island of Grenada in the Caribbean.

Here, sculptures become artificial reefs which attract marine life as well as human visitors. The sculptures are sited in clear shallow waters to afford easy access.

It is unique, a kaleidoscope of art interacting with environment and vice-versa, shifting of sands every moment and the viewing undercurrents tell me

it is certainly out of this world!

In artist’s views it is hope and recovery and underlines our need to understand and protect the natural world.

bamboo, Funtoosh

pop up

25/07/2007 DesignFlute 3 Comments

Heartthrob sculpture : a Mark Meckes creation in bamboo. Is not it fun? And in these images it is not complete yet!

artist, ceramic, utter bliss

simply rosy cute

25/07/2007 DesignFlute 2 Comments

Need I say these creations are simply beautiful!

The Sweden based artist Karin Eriksson mainly works with porcelain, stoneware and terracotta earthenware.

These two signe coffee beaker and one horned cup are great fun.

Karin also has a blog called karin’s style blog. Some everyday by the roadside photos from her blog are great.

This ‘wild strawberries’ is one of them.

interiors, utter bliss

white, green and modern

24/07/2007 DesignFlute Leave a comment

After a 3-day harrowing monsoon metro-city malady I want to indulge myself today.

I really like white interiors though I am Indian. Here are some great white and+ modern minimalist interiors with a deft touch of flora and green.

These four photographs are via jenniferpostdesign.com. I am so much in love with this NewYork based interior designer Jennifer Post’s white minimalist captivating capabilities.

architect and interior designer Deborrah Berke

architect, designer John Pawson

Akira Sakamoto

Japanese architect Akira Sakamoto

design screw, eco, green roots, terracotta, water

beat the heat

20/07/2007 DesignFlute 11 Comments

Beat the heat and quench the thirst natural way. How do you drink water? Bottled? From the refrigerator. When I say I still drink water from terracotta pitcher or ‘matka'(in Hindi), I know you are going to think I am crazy. Or perhaps you would think I live in an era 200 years back. In India too earthen pot, to cool and store water is fast going out of fashion. It is not so with me and a few who swear by the water from terracotta pot. Water becomes cool and more tastier and it actually satisfies my thirst. The terracotta cools the water by up to 14 degrees through a natural evaporation process (More in surahi- another word for earthen pot- different in shape-narrow neck).

earthen pot I use- with tap

traditional matka surahi

‘Surahi’ or better still surahi made with black clay cools water faster and becomes much cooler.

With filter and stylish tap matlo-Doshi-Levien

This is Doshi-Levien terracotta water vessel with diatomite filters, brass tap and enameled tripod stand. ‘Matlo’ or ‘matlu’ is gujarati word for terracotta pot. I wonder why Doshi-Levien is not mass producing their ‘matlo’ in India.

I love my eco terracotta water cooler!

Digg me

artist, stuff made of folklore, utter bliss

going my way

19/07/2007 DesignFlute 1 Comment

Its only 2-3 days that I have come to know about work of artist Hiromi Sato. I go back again and again and again to her site white-eggs and every time I come back satisfied but craving for more.