Materials

BUY // Krink Set by Tom Sachs
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A limited-edition Krink set formulated to Tom Sachs’ exacting specifications.

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KNOW // Jaw(bone)-Dropping Paper Sculpture
Molly O'Brien |
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Alas! Poor Yorick! His skull is made of paper.

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BUY // Made Of...
Kat Herriman |
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The perfect partner for a collection already stacked with architecture and design books.

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Swarming Plates, Post-Its, and Glow Sticks
Tiffany Jow |
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Re-enchanting the world, one solo cup at a time.

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Photographers Grow Their Own Photographs
Tiffany Jow |
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You can’t get any greener than this.

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Olek Yarn Bombs Albert Einstein, Alligators, and Apartments (And Their Occupants, Too)
Spencer Nelson |
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Olek creates vibrant, tactile world at the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery.

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Paper Puddles Make Viewers Do a Double-Take
Tiffany Jow |
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Betcha didn’t think paper could do this.

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A Filmmaker's Lego Homage to The Wire
Georgina Wells |
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Still missing The Wire four years later? Maybe a LEGO version will help.

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Recreating Blade Runner in Watercolor
Spencer Nelson |
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Anders Ramsell rehashes the 1982 thriller in an animation composed of thousands of watercolors

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On the Road, Rauschenberg Turned Trash into Early Collages
Cameron Meade |

An exhibition demonstrates that artistic limitations can elicit significant innovations.

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Celebrate America by Blowing Something Up
Amanda Ryan |
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In celebration of the Fourth of July, here are a few artists who have used fireworks and explosions in their work, from drawing on walls to collaborating with research laboratories to creatively disposing of others’ artworks.

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Making the Cut
Tiffany Jow |
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Art that utilizes paper as its medium could be seen as a fleeting fad—but the intricate handiwork of these twelve artists suggests otherwise.

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