The Soul of Things: MAKING WORLDS

Design and Art direction for window and in-store displays for Diesel's Flagship London Store on New Bond Street. Photography: Lex Kembery.

Kyle Bean makes worlds.
Kyle Bean crea mondi.

Insect made from matchsticks. Photography: Owen Silverwood.

The raw materials are: paper, wood, matches, light bulbs, straws, leaves, eggshells. Despite his young age, he has already several international clients such as Wallpaper, Financial Times, Diesel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, just to name a few. He designed the cover of Wallpaper (April 2012) for the Milan Preview Issue. It features a model warehouse setting complete with a hand made forklift truck and miniature furniture. He also worked on animating the set for the iPad version of the magazine. Recently he was approached by the Live Film Orchestra to create a physical interpretation of their logo for them to use as a promotional tool.

Le materie prime sono: carta, legno, fiammiferi, lampadine, cannucce, foglie, gusci di uova. Nonostante la giovane età, ha già collezionato svariati clienti internazionali del calibro di Wallpaper, Financial Times, Diesel, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, solo per citarne alcuni. Ha creato il design per la copertina di Wallpaper (Aprile 2012), dedicata alla Preview di Milano. È un modello di magazzino completo di un carrello elevatore e mobili in miniatura. Per l’occasione ha anche lavorato all’animazione del set per la versione per iPad della rivista. Recentemente è stato contattato da Live Film Orchestra per creare un modello tridimensionale del loro logo.

Cover image for Wallpaper* Magazine. Photo: Sam Hofman

Zone One of the London Underground map made from drinking straws. Photos: Jean-luc Brouard

Looking at Kyle Bean’s works, one is struck by the expressive force and the wealth of details that characterizes his creations.
Guardando i lavori di Kyle Bean si rimane colpiti dalla forza espressiva che vi è impressa e dalla dovizia di particolari che caratterizza le sue creazioni.