dear designboom reader,

entering a new year bursting with creativity, we speak to artists who guide us into their artistic process and works of art. they take us to manar abu dhabi, where shezad dawood dives into his ecological art series of coral growth. visitors to the same event can also experience the installation by carsten höller, who shares how he used and transformed light into an interactive game.

across other cities, owen brown lets us in on spearheading one of the biggest land art pieces in arizona, nicholas cullinan leads us through the 70 folding screens from the 17th to 21st centuries exhibited in milan, and marco brambilla explains how elvis presley became a god-like figure in his monumental artwork for the sphere at las vegas.

happy new year!

matthew burgos | editor