Elegance in design is a rarity, at best. But when it happens, you can tell it all hinges on a simple, distilled idea. Enter Berlin artist Eno Henze. His idea is that the aesthetic evidence of how the world works is elegant. Put plainly: he thinks science is beautiful. But we're not here to explain the philosophical rationales behind his pieces (because we can't), we just think they are incredibly beautiful and a few are astoundingly simple to create. What is on the wall above? Follow the jump...
Pushpins.
There is a great resemblance between Henze's work and Tara Donovan's work — one works with elegant matrixes of lines drawn from scientific data and realized on simple surfaces and one works with simple, man-made objects in enormous quantities to reveal naturally occurring, elegant patterns. So much thought yet the physical result is simple — sometimes unbelievably so.
Plain, white A3 laser prints, applied to the wall like wallpaper.
We could totally see these simple wall applications being put to use in a residential (less cerebral) space for a fairly elegant effect in your own home. Just a little lofty DIY inspiration as we close out this month's focus on hands-on design. This last one below is actually custom wallpaper and just a little eye candy to take you into the weekend.
Click here to see it much, much larger. Click here to read more about the process behind Eno Henze's work.
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the last one is just plain WHOAH.
The only issue is that you need a full empty wall for it
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It looks like mold damage.
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I think re thinking again is needed.
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hm. yes.. this is not meant for walls. it is weird.. it looks like fungus. ):
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love it.
view tenderleaf's profile
Ditto. Love it.
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it looks bad. don't fool yourself.
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It's neat when you know what's going on (and the last piece is definitely amazing) but otherwise it really, REALLY creeps me out. Reminds me of bedbugs, fleas/ticks, swarms of insects, mold.... Nothing pleasant.
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The first one looks like when you spray paint something on the ground and then pick it up and there's sprinkles of paint left all around it.
To each his own I guess. Not my taste.
view TrueTex's profile
Kind of like the fabric-like nature of the last one. Beyond that, well... I'm not a great art critic, but sometimes I just think, "The emperor is naked."
view Mary B C's profile
Pretty but gross. It has that fluid look, or sheer fabric, or a jellyfish? But it's also associated with something icky and parasitical, like mold. I find the overall effect to be oppressive. Even in a large space, it feels like being under water or something browner than water, if you understand.
The one with the pushpins is .... I don't know. I'm a kind of person who will look at something and think it looks ok, but then get up close to it and see that you made this out of tape - a theatrical illusion that will look crappy and temporary upon close inspection. We have seen tape and other humble materials, like cardboard, used to good effect at the hands of an intense artist, but all I see here is someone took down all the notices.
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Well, I think they look like nonrepresentational watercolors. and I love the pins!
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