Visuall is an online magazine dedicated to contemporary architecture, art and design. We find and select the most interesting and unconventional ideas for everyone who is interested in these fields. We also strive to publish such material that could be useful for architects and designers in their work.
Interview with Hugo Orlandini

Interview with Hugo Orlandini

We are happy to introduce Hugo Orlandini, a Cuban-born contemporary artist who now lives and works in Barcelona. In his work, Hugo gives a lot of attention to social issues. ‘I’m inclined to think of art,’ says the artist, ‘as a transformational, creative and political energy that has sensorial, optical...
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‘Glowing Light Ball Bench’ by Manfred Kielnhofer

‘Glowing Light Ball Bench’ by Manfred Kielnhofer

An Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer has sent us an interesting work that was entitled Glowing Light Balls Bench and lays at the intersection between art and industrial design. Glowing Light Balls Bench is a series of futuristically illuminated benches that could exist in different forms, materials and colours. Here is a description from the Manfred...
Easter Sculpture Museum by EXIT ARCHITECTS

Easter Sculpture Museum by EXIT ARCHITECTS

The Easter Sculpture Museum project was the result of an ideas competition organized by the Hellín Municipality. The rules of the competition considered refurbishment of the old Casa del Conde house and construction an extension on the plot area which had been earlier occupied by some small service buildings of the house. EXIT ARCHITECTS’ winning...
Cross # Towers in Seoul, Korea by BIG

Cross # Towers in Seoul, Korea by BIG

BIG’s residential towers in the Yongsan International Business District revitalize the Han riverfront into a new commercial and residential center for the citizens of Seoul. Situated at the south-east edge of the Yongsan master plan designed by Studio Libeskind for the Korean development group Dreamhub, BIG’s Cross # Towers will contribute to the developing skyline of...
The Trianel GmbH Corporate Center in Aachen by gmp Architekten

The Trianel GmbH Corporate Center in Aachen by gmp Architekten

First prize in Aachen: the jury of the competition for the Corporate Center of the Trianel municipal utilities network has selected the submission by architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) as the winning entry. The new building is located along a major road next to the Tivoli stadium. From 2013 on it is to...
Billabong x Tom Veiga Collection

Billabong x Tom Veiga Collection

 We have written about Tom Veiga, a Brazilian artist and designer, and his original style that magically fits almost every object that it appears on. This time we would like to introduce a new collection in Serie Waves style that Tom created for Billabong, one of the largest clothing companies in the boardsports sector. In...
‘Alter Ego’ by Robbie Cooper

‘Alter Ego’ by Robbie Cooper

Alter Ego is a photo project by a British photographer Robbie Cooper. Started in 2003, it went well beyond an ordinary photo series and turned into a kind of research into a phenomenon of online gaming. The idea appeared when Robbie was photographing the CEO of a company who told him a story of his...
BIG contributes to Vancouver skyline

BIG contributes to Vancouver skyline

The 490-foot-tall Beach and Howe mixed-use tower by BIG + Westbank + Dialog + Cobalt + PFS + Buro Happold + Glotman Simpson and local architect James Cheng marks the entry point to downtown Vancouver, forming a welcoming gateway to the city, while adding another unique structure to the Vancouver skyline. BIG’s proposal, named after...
Music videos:: Amazing 3D-like videos by ‘a nice idea every day’

Music videos:: Amazing 3D-like videos by ‘a nice idea every day’

Everybody has probably seen GIF animation with two frames which rapidly replace each other and form an effect of stereoscopic picture. This technique is called wiggle stereoscopy and allows seeing a three-dimensional image without special glasses. Vivien Weyrauch and Fabian Röttger from Berlin-based studio a nice idea every day used this interesting effect as a...
‘Enlightened souls’ by Fabrice Wittner

‘Enlightened souls’ by Fabrice Wittner

Enlightened Souls is an awesome light painting project by a French photographer Fabrice Wittner which he started in May 2011  in Christchurch, New Zealand. For this project, Fabrice used a special technique that combines light painting and real-sized stencils. Fabrice Wittner: ‘I started light painting with a good fellow of mine Hervé Baccara aka Dr...
Kimball Art Center in Utah, USA by BIG + Architectural Nexus

Kimball Art Center in Utah, USA by BIG + Architectural Nexus

BIG + Architectural Nexus + Dunn Associates + VBFA + Envision Engineering + Big D design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of Kimball Art Center in Park City, projected for completion by Mid-2015. The Kimball Art Center, home to Sundance House during the Annual Sundance Film Festival, invited an international group of...
‘BIG ♥ NYC’ installation at Times Square in New York

‘BIG ♥ NYC’ installation at Times Square in New York

BIG + Times Square Alliance + Flatcut + Local Projects and Zumtobel celebrate the Valentine’s Day  with an interactive heart installation at Times Square, New York utilizing the flow of people, air and touch to bring the heart to life. BIG ♥ NYC, a 10-foot tall glowing heart sculpture, consists of 400 transparent, LED lit,...
Street art:: The anatomy of mother bear giving birth

Street art:: The anatomy of mother bear giving birth

The anatomy of mother bear giving birth is an awesome new mural in Vienna, Austria. This big and detailed work is a result of collaboration of four talented street artists – FlyingFortress from Germany, Nychos from Austria and Sobekcis twins from Serbia. Ethem Cem aka bone2ART, Bahadir Gokce and Dogu Akdeniz Sound and Video Studios have...