Tag: Giant
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Stegra bags €1.4bn rescue funding package for giant European green-steel plant
Swedish green-tech startup Stegra has secured €1.4bn in rescue funding from a consortium led by the prominent Swedish Wallenberg family, as it looks to finish construction of the world’s largest green-steel plant. The funding follows months of negotiations between Stegra and its investors and lenders asthe Swedish startup looked to raise additional funding to support read more
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Saudi Arabia Commissions Giant Mural the Size of 9 Football Fields
Saudi Arabia commissioned Domingo Zapata to paint what’s being called the largest mural ever created—at a size, as the New York Post’s “Page Six” put it, of 540,000 square feet, or about nine football fields. The New York–based Zapata—who the Post notes “has painted stars including Kim Kardashian and Sofia Vergara, and painted with the read more
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Giant Crocheted 'Dumb Phones' by Nicole Nikolich Tap into Millennial Nostalgia
For all of the “progress” associated with advancing technologies and the purported conveniences of having tiny, powerful computers at our fingertips, there are certainly some drawbacks. Smartphones today—and their millions of apps—are data-collecting devices as much as they are portals to search engines, maps, social media, the news, and anything else on the internet. And read more
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Michaels Sues Artist Who Claimed the Craft Store Giant Used His Work Without Permission
Street artists have found themselves in legal conflicts for years with fashion brands and other companies that employ their work in advertising and social media campaigns. Some have won settlements after legal battles with these companies, which claim they do not need to contact the artists for their works, which often appear in public and read more
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Dreaming of Creating a Giant Public Artwork With Google? Artist Judy Chicago Doesn’t Recommend It.
For just about any artist, a major, permanent public commission from a giant global corporation might seem like great news. The artist might expect big budgets, massive exposure, and a ribbon-cutting with the mayor and CEO. Even Judy Chicago, an icon of feminist art who has had solo exhibitions at institutions from New York’s New read more
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