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TV Poster Series by Exergian

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 09:11 AM PST




Austrian designer Albert Exergian has created a series of modernist images inspired by TV shows. By converting some simple lines and shapes into very characteristic illustration, the designer has accomplished to capture the essence of some popular TV series.

Founded in 1998, Exergian is a Vienna-based design consultancy specialized in art direction, identity and design for a multitude of applications, media & environments. 






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Reading Between The Lines by Gijs Vaerenbergh

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 08:09 AM PST



A collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh, Reading Between The Lines is a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. Part of the Z-OUT exhibition project, an initiative in which Z33, the contemporary art museum of the city of Hasselt, presents art in public space.

Constructed in the rural landscape, by a cycle route, that's based on the design of the local church. This 'church' consists of 30 tons of steel and 2000 columns, and is built on a fundament of armed concrete. Through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the church is either perceived as a massive building or seems to dissolve – partly or entirely – in the landscape. On the other hand, looking at the landscape from within the church, the surrounding countryside is redefined by abstract lines.

Reading between the lines can be read as a reflection on architectural themes such as scale, the ground plan etc., but the project also emphatically transcends the strictly architectural. After all, the church does not have a well-defined function and focuses on visual experience in itself.




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