Kirk Fromm, design+illustration

01/10/2022

Designed and fabricated a new mailbox! Had some help from David Saul and Jonathon Maley for the steel cutting and welding. Wood was sourced and fabricated at the Philadelphia Woodworks shop in Manayunk.

07/09/2021

Really cool sculpture from Stephen Doyle!

Stephen Doyle describes his interconnected book sculptures as "miniature monuments, testaments to the power of language and metaphors of imagination." Featuring angled scaffolding and interlocking constructions that appear to grow directly from the bound pages, the sprawling sculptural forms that co

05/25/2021

Absolutely amazing sculpture by Jose Manuel Castro Lopez:

Artist José Manuel Castro López works with rocks both large and small to transform hard surfaces into gentle fabric-like creases. Each sculpture begins as a regular piece of quartz or granite which he delicately grinds down to reveal peculiar wrinkled shapes, as if the rock had always existed this...

04/23/2021

Love this amazing combination of materials!

Calm bodies of hand-cut glass pool atop jagged concrete in Ben Young’s aquatic sculptures. The New Zealand-based artist (previously) is known for his marine landscapes that position miniature figures in vast expanses of the translucent material, creating a contemplative environment that juxtaposes...

03/16/2021

Fascinating work!

Spanish sculptor David Moreno (previously) continues to blur the lines between two and three dimensions with his architectural artworks. Created using hundreds of steel rods and lengths of piano wire, Moreno's sculptures take the shape of buildings, and his more recent works have ventured indoors, h

02/17/2021

Here’s a new side table I’m developing, made from distressed raw steel bar, steel rivets, with a lathe-turned zebra wood top. This was first modeled in Sketchup to get the proportions dialed and locate the drillings. Wood was sourced from Hearne Hardwoods in Oxford, PA, and the top was fabricated using the excellent resources .

01/22/2021

Maps presented a beautiful and unique way:

I started this series for an exhibition on the theme of the identity of cities and their inhabitants. The exhibition took place in Venice, in December 2014 (website). The final pictures are 70cm square, printed on acrylic glass. I wanted to represent t…

01/04/2021

So simple, but absolutely compelling:

Toronto-based designer Ben Johnston plays with color, shadow, and perspective to create typography that appears three-dimensional in his site-specific murals. He’s a self-taught designer, spending time in the agency world of South Africa before moving back to his home country of Canada to pursue a...

12/23/2020

Beautiful spaces and photos:

Iran-based artist Fatemeh Hosein Aghaei takes mesmerizing photographs that showcase the intricate patterns inside the country's ancient buildings. The artist mostly features mosques in the Iranian city of Isfahan, which is located about 250 miles south of Tehran and is known for its Perso–Islamic ...

12/15/2020

Who knew? Hand crafted globes:

Peter Bellerby ventured into globemaking when searching for a gift for his father’s 80th birthday, an endeavor that spurred him to launch Bellerby & Co. In this conversation with managing editor Grace Ebert, Bellerby recounts starting a business with zero experience, shares his love for change and...