I’m ready to take another trip to China just so I can see some of these sculptures by Zhang Hui, born in 1969 in Yinchuan, China. Or, I could go to Amsterdam to the William Kerseboom Gallery, hmmm. At any rate, the perfect shininess of these little girls is just, well, perfect.
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The Skeptic, Shaun Richards (sold)

Milkmaid, Shaun Richards (contact Designbox for purchase info)
Designbox is privileged to host Shaun Richards’ latest show called Click Clique, which the News and Observer named as one of this week’s Art Picks. “Click Clique is a new series of paintings and constructions that examine social dynamics, and nostalgic constructs, along [...]

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Whenever I go to China, I make a point to visit a grocery store to see the packaging. I end up buying a lot of it, and it’s almost always actually Japanese brands. It’s just so colorful and fun! James Bowskill has created “Off the Shelf: a Japanese packaging design scrapbook” online so you can [...]

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Gamil worked with Sagmeister team to create a trophy that itself received a design award.

This Vilcek Prize Award trophy was created for a major new award program honoring outstanding achievements of foreign­born Americans within the fields of the visual arts and biomedical research. The first winners are artists Christo and Jeanne­Claude as well as cancer [...]

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Last night, we went to our favorite neighborhood bar/pizza joint called Ruckus. There was much activity as everyone was gearing up for the 2008 USARPS tournament. Do you know what that is? We didn’t either. We assumed it was “The U.S. Arps Tournament”, but couldn’t figure out what ARPS meant - maybe Amateur Racquetball Players [...]

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