Artist Guillermo Bert created a series of traditionally hand-woven tapestries called Encoded Textiles, which have QR codes incorporated into their designs that contain information about the indigenous culture that the textiles are based on.
It comes as no surprise that this knitted security camera by comes from the wild country of Ireland’s County Roscommon, where I assume it does a pretty effective job keeping the natives in line.
Self-proclaimed urban hacktivist Florian Riviere created this clever pop-up crosswalk by simply painting white stripes onto a piece of black carpet.
I recently got to see an installation of Tamara Wilson’s quirky soft sculptures at The Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial, including this great sewing machine piece.
600 Monsters Strong is an organization that recently formed for the purpose of, “Bringing friendly handcrafted monsters to children in need worldwide.”
Artist Richard Saja whimsically modifies traditional toile fabric with his colorful embroidery work, including these snazzy sneakers created in collaboration with Keds and Opening Ceremony.
I really dig this thoughtful work by artist Judith Hoffman, called A Huggable Kitchen for Coosje, in which she created a soft monument to the wife of Claus Oldenburg.
