--- title: IW Link Roundup // August description: Art consulting company Indiewalls brings together the best stories in art, interior design, technology, and hospitality. Art x Culture. image: https://blog.indiewalls.com/hubfs/Link%20Round%20Up%20August-1.png --- [![Indiewalls-logo-double-size](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Indiewalls-logo-double-size.png?width=526&name=Indiewalls-logo-double-size.png)](https://blog.indiewalls.com) - [HQ](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/hq) - [DESIGN](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/design) - [COMMUNITY](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/community) - [CULTURE](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/culture) - [TECH](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/tech) - [INDIEWALLS HOME >](https://www.indiewalls.com/) ![Link Round Up August-1](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hubfs/Link%20Round%20Up%20August-1.png) [Culture](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/Culture) ## [IW Link Roundup // August](https://blog.indiewalls.com/iw-link-roundup/august) ![Link Round Up August-1](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hubfs/Link%20Round%20Up%20August-1.png)   [Lauren Schleider](https://blog.indiewalls.com/author/lauren-schleider)  17 Aug, 2018   [Travel](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/travel), [hospitality design](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/hospitality-design), [Hotels](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/hotels), [for artists](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/for-artists), [for designers](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/for-designers), [summer](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/summer), [linkroundup](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/linkroundup), [Art x Culture](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/art-x-culture), [culture](https://blog.indiewalls.com/tag/culture) *Scouring the internet to bring you swoon-worthy content. Here’s the latest of what we’re loving in design, art, and culture this month.*   ##### **Designing For Good** - Wake up and smell the… fresh air? This [new residential skyscraper](https://www.fastcompany.com/90217854/this-residential-vertical-forest-is-taking-root-in-toronto) in Toronto will be lined with 450 trees along the balconies and roofs to help clean the surrounding city air. - Earlier this week, the AIA vowed to play an active role in addressing and preventing school violence, highlighting a series of initiatives that the group plans to develop as a bipartisan project with US Congress. Read the full statement [here](https://www.aia.org/pages/206356-where-we-stand-school-design-and-student-sa?editing=true). - Aquaponic hotels can produce fruits, vegetables, purified water, and flowers for their restaurant and guest rooms. These three [innovative design concepts](https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/these-concepts-could-change-hotel-design) may change the future of hotels and how we think about them. ![Image courtesy of Architectural Digest.](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMAGE%201.jpg?width=600&name=IMAGE%201.jpg) *Italian firm Network of Architecture developed a calming, therapeutic hotel whose design aims to soothe single parents and children undergoing major life challenges. Image courtesy of Architectural Digest.* ##### **Eye Candy** - Move over Renoir, see ya later Degas: reclaiming women’s influence on Impressionist painting through the breathtaking work of [Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt](http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180807-the-women-impressionists-forgotten-by-history). - We have a total design crush on these graphic [Samuel Accoceberry rugs](http://www.samuelaccoceberry.com/?creations=tresse-2&lang=en), and we’re not afraid to hide it. - Ever wonder what photo booths were like in the 70s? Long before the booths were party mainstays, conceptual artist [Jared Bark](https://hyperallergic.com/252712/an-artists-conceptual-photo-booth-compositions-from-the-1970s/) used public analog photo stations to create dazzling black and white compositions.  ![Jared Bark, “Untitled” (1973), silver gelatin prints. Image courtesy of Hyperallergic.](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Jared%20Bark%2c%20%E2%80%9CUntitled%E2%80%9D%20(1973)%2c%20silver%20gelatin%20prints.%20Image%20courtesy%20of%20Hyperallergic..jpg?width=600&name=Jared%20Bark%2c%20%E2%80%9CUntitled%E2%80%9D%20(1973)%2c%20silver%20gelatin%20prints.%20Image%20courtesy%20of%20Hyperallergic..jpg) *Jared Bark, “Untitled” (1973), silver gelatin prints. Image courtesy of Hyperallergic.* **Gotta See It To Believe It** - Tickets have officially gone on sale for the upcoming [Museum of Pizza](https://www.themuseumofpizza.org/), opening in NYC October 13th. It may sound a little cheesy, but this popup is saucy enough to steal a pizza your heart. - ICYMI, The hottest trend of 2018 has shaped up to be … [goats](https://theoutline.com/post/5805/goat-trend-2018?utm_source=)? - Get your selfie stick ready. The world’s first [Digital Art Museum](https://design-milk.com/worlds-first-digital-art-museum-tokyo/) opens in Tokyo.   ![In the Digital Art Museum, visitors can interact with fully immersive wall-to-wall digital installations. Image courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine.](https://blog.indiewalls.com/hs-fs/hubfs/IMAGE%203.jpg?width=600&name=IMAGE%203.jpg) *In the Digital Art Museum, visitors can interact with fully immersive wall-to-wall digital installations.  Image courtesy of Smithsonian Magazine.*   *Dying to take pizza pics with our team? Think we missed something BIG this month? Let us know in the comments below.*     Have a Project in Mind? Indiewalls helps interior designers, brands, and real estate developers discover, purchase, and commission art from independent artists. 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