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Artist/designer Kelly Thorn in her home studio.

Tarot of Oxalia: An interview with Kelly Thorn

Kelly Thorn, a Philadelphia-based multi-disciplinary artist, thrives on varied interests, including graphic design, hand-poked tattoos, lettering, illustration, and painting. Her latest endeavor, t...

Martin Smith

For Martin Smith, You Are the Automaton

Inside the studio of Martin Smith, one of the world's best artist of figure-less kinetic automatons.

'The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures

'The Dent Wants To Happen': Noah Deledda’s Can Sculptures

The can is a ubiquitous piece of garbage — most of us have held one more times than we can count. In the backseat of a Tampa-Orlando road trip in 2004, artist Noah Deledda finished a Red Bull and s...

Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic

Strung Together: The Art of Ben Koracevic

Wrapping string around 58,000 nails to create images that look like they've been hand-sketched with pencil requires is tedious, yes, but there are lessons to be had.

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The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov

The Small Worlds of Michael Davydov

The miniature artist captures moments of whimsy by encasing houses in nature in small jars.

Chess Sets for Designerds

Chess Sets for Designerds

Artists and architects have experiment with the form and structure of chess sets for decades, giving modern chess-lovers some exciting, iconic, and uniquely designed works of art.

The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman

The Alien Lego Cubes of Zachary Steinman

The Lego sculptures, these intricate cubic studies of shapes and patterns, are made on a nightly basis ... and are disassembled shortly after.

Paula Scher Designs Playing Cards

Paula Scher Designs Playing Cards

Just Type is a modern reinterpretation of classic playing card design and a tribute to the different ways in which the spirit of type can be modified.

The Absurd Genius of Joseph's Machines

The Absurd Genius of Joseph's Machines

Instagram artist Joseph Herscher builds absurd Rube-Goldberg machines for life’s most mundane tasks.

Eames "Hang-It-All" Playing Cards

Eames "Hang-It-All" Playing Cards

Designed by Art of Play in close collaboration with the Eames Office. A tribute to the timeless sensibilities of Charles & Ray Eames.