Inspirational Links: October 16 - 22

What inspires you?

Five thought-inspiring things found online last week. 

Browse the entries in this classic-art-remake challenge sponsored by BOOOOOOOM! and Adobe. Across the board they’re remarkably inventive while staying true to their roots. Test your art history prowess while you’re at it! How many originals do you recognize? [via BOOOOOOOM!]

Richard Serra’s Verb List (1967-68) struck me when I saw it this summer at the Met. (That retrospective is now at the SFMoMA, and it’s worth a visit if you’re in SF.) Since Verb List is a new acquisition for MoMA’s Dept of Drawings, it came up again in the blog-o-sphere this week. Read it aloud to yourself. Feel the energy. Act!  [via INSIDE/OUT]

Calligrapher/typographer Sabeena Karnik sculpted the alphabet out of vibrant, swirling paper. Wouldn't they be perfect on a playroom wall?! [via Behance]

I want to buy this Psalt Bubble Fish Tank and keep it on a shelf high above eye level. I’m not sure exactly why… [via designboom]

David Rockwell discusses How Good Buildings Happen with Architizer's Marc Kushner. Rockwell and his team are driven by curiosity and solving problems. He says, “From the air this city looks like this very neat organized Cartesian grid, but on the ground it’s this incredibly messy, vital, ever-changing opportunity for good design and bad design.”  Lucky for us New Yorkers Rockwell gives us the former with the new Film Society of Lincoln Center. [via Architizer]    

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Inspirational Links: September 25 – October 1

What inspires you? 

Five thought-inspiring things found online last week. 

Jon Chonko scans cross-sections of sandwiches for his incredible website Scanwiches. He spends a lot of time thinking about what happens between two pieces of bread and tries not to compromise taste for looks. His new book features 68 of his favorites. Which is yours? [via GOOD]

Finally energy-saving light blubs are more than just practical! Thanks to Plumen, chic compact fluorescents are just a click away. Oh, and by the way, these use about 80% less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs and last 8 times longer. Check out Plumen's FlickR group for inspiring ways to showcase these dazzlers. [via Fab.com]

The cherry in the bottom of Tina Tsang’s Manhattan is a beautiful little globe containing handcrafted butterflies and personalized messages. Tsang just debuted her awesome stemware collection Butterflies in my Stomach at Maison & Object 2011 in Paris. The best part about these ingenious glasses is that adding liquid magnifies the artwork. If you're in the market for a very special gift, look no further. [via designboom]  

Artist Binh Danh invented a chlorophyll printing process in which images appear embedded in leaves through photosynthesis. How amazing is that?! His Ancestral Altars is a haunting tribute that features his extraordinary process. [via Join Bklyn]    

West One wants you to feel the movement and energy in his work. There is no better way than to watch the artist in action as he paints this Freedom Suite mural on the side of Environment in LA (on Beverly Blvd near Crescent Heights). How does a mural change your experience of a space? West One hopes you'll be seeing things differently. [via Hypebeast]  

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