Category: Flowers
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Floral Artist Chloe Berlin – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Within the art of floral arranging there’s traditional Japanese Ikebana, classic fresh and blooming bouquets, and then there’s Chloe Berlin, a Brooklyn-based artist whose work stretches from mini arrangements to large-scale sculptures and floral wall installations that sometimes don’t include any live flowers at all. Her studio—which employs dried and fresh flowers, branches, found […]
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Azuma Makoto’s “Frozen Flowers 2023” Sculpture – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Following his 2021 frozen flower installation, Japanese artist Azuma Makoto unveils his stunning “Frozen Flowers 2023” piece in Hokkaido, Japan. Makoto weaves together various types of colorful flowers, creating a tall structure, and then pours water over it. In winter in Hokkaido, temperatures can drop super-low (-15 Celsius or 5 Fahrenheit), making the water […]
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A Weed is a Flower Candle – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Herbaceous and tinged with smoke, this limited edition candle from Bohemian Rêves aromatically attests to the expansive beauty of florals, as depicted in the accompanying book A Weed is a Flower: Artful Cannabis Photography. Made with soy wax and beeswax in collaboration with Portland, Oregon’s Maak Lab, this candle intoxicates with notes of jasmine, vetiver and […]
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LEAF Flower Show Blossoms in NYC – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The second annual LEAF Flower Show was in full bloom across NYC’s Meatpacking District this past weekend, bringing beauty and optimism to the city. To share some of floral delights scattered across the neighborhood, floral photographer Caleb Adams set out with his camera to shoot his favorite installations by day and by night. The results […]
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Floral Artist Lutfi Janina’s Vitra Installation – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Inside NYC’s Vitra Studio on Madison Avenue, floral artist Lutfi Janina has installed a spellbinding array of curious, colorful and organic botanical sculptures to align with the furniture and decor brand’s designer vases—including their Vase Découpage collection by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. A celebration of springtime and Vitra’s very own Flower Guide, the ephemeral […]
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Floral Artist Lutfi Janania’s Vitra Installation – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] Inside NYC’s Vitra Studio on Madison Avenue, floral artist Lutfi Janania has installed a spellbinding array of curious, colorful and organic botanical sculptures to align with the furniture and decor brand’s designer vases—including their Vase Découpage collection by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. A celebration of springtime and Vitra’s very own Flower Guide, the ephemeral […]
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Blue Crush Flower – COOL HUNTING®
[ad_1] The founder of Cleveland-based Pattern Play Glass, Jordan Fine imbues joy and whimsy into her textured, color-forward glasswork. For her Blue Crush Flower, Fine sculpts one-of-a-kind pellucid green stems with blue petals, flecked with a mesmerizing pattern that evokes the marbled sunlight on the ocean floor. No two are alike—and the flowers range from […]
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Fox Fodder Farm Opens Its Own Multifunctional Space – COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] Floral design is an anomaly among art forms. Every stem comes with an expiration date—perhaps it’s not stamped under a petal or mentioned when it’s wrapped up, but some bouquets only technically last 48 hours. They’re a finite form of expression beholden to seasonality and availability. “It’s like a cup of coffee,” Taylor Patterson, […]
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Link About It: This Week’s Picks
[ad_1] 2019 Plant Discoveries Include a Cancer-Fighting Fungus and More 102 plants and eight fungi were officially named by experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 2019 (roughly 2,000 new species are named worldwide every year). Among the roster of the recently identified are a few additions with remarkable attributes, including a bamboo fungus […]
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Holiday Gift Guides 2019: Gifts That Give Back
[ad_1] In December, our collective consumerism can reach a fever pitch and prompt some very real self-reflection regarding our approach to the festive season. With this in mind, we encourage readers to donate time or money—if possible—to organizations like The Trevor Project, Everytown, Kiva, RAICES, Planned Parenthood and the ACLU. Sometimes, though, you can buy […]
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“Charity In Bloom” Bouquet – COOL HUNTING
[ad_1] Subtle but dually lush and gorgeous, this bouquet of green and ivory roses and winter foliage from Winston Flowers is available in five different sizes and can be delivered anywhere in the United States for the month of December. Beyond a pretty posy, the purchase of this gift benefits the brand’s Charity in Bloom […]