Left:Conjuring the unbridled playfulness and imagination of childhood, Atelier Swarovski’s Nostalgia bracelet by Greek fashion designer Mary Katrantzou dazzles with a parade of colorful crystals inside yellow-gold-plated hexagons, cubes, and spheres. Right:Known for experimenting with mesmerizing geometries, Danish-born artist Olafur Eliasson blurs the line between the organic and the technological. His 2008 work Fat Super Star, featured in his new book, Olafur Eliasson: Experience (Phaidon, $85), creates otherworldly light patterns with a glass polyhedron illuminated by halogen bulbs. Courtesy of Atelier Swarovski; Jens Wiehe/Studio Olafur Eliasson
Right: Challenging contemporary notions of beauty by fusing the glamorous with the grotesque, American artist Marilyn Minter created the 2012 photo-realistic painting Big Bang as part of a series that captures models traipsing around in designer heels as seen through a filter of broken glass and dripping water. Left: Dissonant layers of delicate fabrics and moody patterns electrify Prada’s science-fiction-driven fall/winter 2018 collection, originally presented on the runway in the Rem Koolhaas–designed extension of the Prada Foundation in Milan. Courtesy of Prada; Courtesy of Marilyn Minter Studio
Left:In this 2016 untitled diptych, which draws inspiration from traditional Flemish flower paintings, São Paulo artist Mariana Palma combines images of richly colored textiles and lush greenery native to Brazil. Right: A curious mix of materials, including scarab beetles, butterfly wings, rubies, diamonds, and garnets, bursts from the gold hands of Dior’s one-of-a-kind Grand Bal Pièce Unique Jardins Imaginaires No. 5—part of a ten-piece watch collection inspired by Christian Dior’s passion for untamable nature. Courtesy of Casa Triangulo, São Paulo; Courtesy of Dior
