LA-based Architect and Artist, Rachel Shillander’s viral ‘Disco Ball Chair’ took the internet by storm in peak lockdown days when Shillander posted a photo of the piece in her home studio. Covered in 30,000 mirrored tiles, the piece lit up her living room and inspired a wave of disco tiling objects. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Shillander’s experimental practice explores different states of being through the lens of time. Despite some of her pieces taking months to make b...
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LA-based Architect and Artist, Rachel Shillander’s viral ‘Disco Ball Chair’ took the internet by storm in peak lockdown days when Shillander posted a photo of the piece in her home studio. Covered in 30,000 mirrored tiles, the piece lit up her living room and inspired a wave of disco tiling objects. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Shillander’s experimental practice explores different states of being through the lens of time. Despite some of her pieces taking months to make b...
Collecting Stories with Visual Artist and Designer Nico B. Young
People Making Thingss
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1 year ago
Collecting Stories with Visual Artist and Designer Nico B. Young
As a recent graduate from UCLA, Nico B. Young has already developed a distinct way of seeing the world. At the ripe age of 16, Young was tapped from The New York Times Magazine to document the timeless rituals of high school — after-school moments, skating hangs, band practice, yearbook signings. These days, Young has traded in his camera for a hacksaw as he spends most of his time tinkering away in a wood shop. From his parents backyard in Santa Monica, this episode was recorded in a ...
People Making Thingss
LA-based Architect and Artist, Rachel Shillander’s viral ‘Disco Ball Chair’ took the internet by storm in peak lockdown days when Shillander posted a photo of the piece in her home studio. Covered in 30,000 mirrored tiles, the piece lit up her living room and inspired a wave of disco tiling objects. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, Shillander’s experimental practice explores different states of being through the lens of time. Despite some of her pieces taking months to make b...
