public art Archives | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/tag/public-art/ Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:32:53 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/29/abysmal-chasm-aaron-carpenter/ https://ounodesign.com/2011/03/29/abysmal-chasm-aaron-carpenter/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:32:53 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=11604

“Application to the City of Vancouver to develop an abysmal chasm for purposes of facilitating public reverie, contemplation and longing.” Makes me laugh every time I look at it. By my friend & Vancouver artist Aaron Carpenter.

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More design from Mexico City. These are just four benches out of the scores of original designs found all over town.

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Add a ladle every night
To every ladle, add a light

101 Nights is an art installation by Vancouver writer and broadcaster Bill Richardson, and it ended tonight on the winter solstice.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/12/21/101-nights/feed/ 2 Spomenik: The End of History, by Jan Kempenaers https://ounodesign.com/2009/11/14/jan-kempenaers-spomenik-the-end-of-history/ https://ounodesign.com/2009/11/14/jan-kempenaers-spomenik-the-end-of-history/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:01:40 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=7153

Photo essay of post-war Yugoslavian monuments and architecture by Belgian artist Jan Kempenaers, from the Crown Gallery site. “Spomenik” means monument, and all of these structures were meant to commemorate WWII losses and point to progress and a generally utopian future.

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I’ve liked this building from childhood, but somehow I managed to see it with fresh eyes recently – I was late for an art event there, it was dusk, I was tired, the entry was deserted and somehow I suddenly noticed how ridiculously beautiful it is.

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]]> https://ounodesign.com/2009/08/10/planetarium/feed/ 5 Sol Lewitt at Pearson International Airport https://ounodesign.com/2008/09/15/sol-lewitt-at-pearson-international-airport/ https://ounodesign.com/2008/09/15/sol-lewitt-at-pearson-international-airport/#respond Tue, 16 Sep 2008 05:02:30 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=148


 

Toronto has this great Sol Lewitt piece in its airport.  Via The Canadian Design Resource.

 

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