“An invisible architecture exists in the world, it is what we build our lives around and teach our children to work in. It’s the random interdependence of moments, actions becoming interactions, trajectories intersecting, creating growth and change. Big Bambú is the medium of life—the voices of individuals working in conversation with each other, a collaborative creative act reaching upwards.” –Mike + Doug Starn
illustrations
In Search of Beauty: Poster 3 (back) Red Umbrella, 1958
Red Umbrella, 1958Double page spread, 550 x 390 mm
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In Search of Beauty: Poster 3 (front) Walk with Soames, 1958
Walk with Soames, 1958Double page spread, 550 x 390 mm
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In Search of Beauty: Poster 2 (back) Through Boards, 1957
Through Boards, 1957Double page spread, 550 x 390 mm
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In Search of Beauty: Poster 2 (front) Harlem, 1960
Harlem, 1960Double page spread, 550 x 390 mm
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In Search of Beauty: Poster 1 (front) Red Umbrella, c. 1955
Red Umbrella, c. 1955Double page spread, 390 x 550 mm
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In Search of Beauty: Poster 1 (back) Taxi, 1957
Taxi, 1957Double page spread, 390 x 550 mm
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Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, Rome, 2012
Installation view, Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, Rome, Enel Contemporanea 2012Double page spread, 740 x 520mm “The climbers that build Big Bambú are part of the art - they are the agents that help it rise and reach....
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Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, Rome, 2012
Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, RomeEnel Contemporanea 2012Single page, 360 x 520mm Reaching over 130’ high (40 meters) clearly visible at great distances in the Trastevere/Testaccio districts of Rome, in the collection of the Macro Museum, Big Bambu...
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Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, Rome, 2012
Big Bambú, Minotaur Horn Head MACRO Museum, Testaccio, RomeEnel Contemporanea 2012Single page, 360 x 520mm The bamboo “Architecture-Sculptures” by Mike and Doug Starn are able to transform locations radically. The apparent lightness of these structures brings an idea of spiritual, not...
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Big Bambú: "You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop", New York 2010-11
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Single page, 360 x 520mm
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Big Bambú #8 Naoshima Museum, Setouchi Triennial, Teshima, Japan 2013
Installation view, Big Bambú #8: Naoshima Museum, Setouchi Triennial, Teshima, Japan 2013Single page, 360 x 520mm
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Big Bambú: "5,000 Arms to Hold You", Jerusalem, 2015
Installation view, Big Bambú: 5,000 Arms to Hold YouThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2015Double page spread, 740 x 520mm “Set within the Noguchi-designed landscape of our Billy Rose Art Garden, and against the dramatic backdrop of Jerusalem’s broader landscape, 5,000 Arms to Hold...
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Big Bambú: "You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop", New York 2010-11
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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Big Bambú #8 Naoshima Museum, Setouchi Triennial, Teshima, Japan 2013
Installation view, Big Bambú #8: Naoshima Museum, Setouchi Triennial, Teshima, Japan 2013Double page spread, 740 x 520mm A beautiful path through the bamboo forest leads to a Bambú walkway tied directly to the living stalks and winds its way 200 feet up...
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston "This Thing Called Life" poster (front)
Installation view, Big Bambú: This Thing Called Life, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2018Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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"You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop" poster A (back) test
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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"You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop" poster B (back)
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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"You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop" poster B (front)
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston "This Thing Called Life" poster (back)
Installation view from Big Bambú: This Thing Called LifeMuseum of Fine Arts Houston, 2018Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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"You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop" poster A (front)
Installation view, Big Bambú: You Can't You Won't You Don't Stop on the roof of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010-2011Double page spread, 740 x 520mm
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