{"id":11450,"date":"2018-02-15T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T06:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/?p=11450"},"modified":"2025-09-15T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:39:08","slug":"artist-aakash-nihalani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/artist-aakash-nihalani\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Aakash Nihalani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/artist-aakash-nihalani\/impact-aakashnihalani\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani.png\" data-orig-size=\"862,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Impact-AakashNihalani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani-300x199.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani.png 862w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Impact-AakashNihalani-768x510.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With a few simple tools, artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aakashnihalani.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Aakash Nihalani<\/a> transforms ordinary spaces into wildly imaginative and playful ones. By creating \u00a0visually dimensional shapes out of tape, cardboard and paint, seemingly sterile spaces become interactive. Making the impossible seem possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11451\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/artist-aakash-nihalani\/bricks-aakashnihalani\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani.png\" data-orig-size=\"859,568\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bricks-AakashNihalani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani-300x198.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani.png 859w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Bricks-AakashNihalani-768x508.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/artist-aakash-nihalani\/sumtimes-aakashnihalani\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani.png\" data-orig-size=\"858,572\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SumTImes-AakashNihalani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11455\" src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani.png 858w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SumTImes-AakashNihalani-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Platforms-AakashNihalani.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/15\/artist-aakash-nihalani\/platforms-aakashnihalani\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Platforms-AakashNihalani.png\" data-orig-size=\"431,573\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Platforms-AakashNihalani\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Platforms-AakashNihalani-226x300.png\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Landline-AakashNihalani.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Landline-AakashNihalani.png 477w, https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Landline-AakashNihalani-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a few simple tools, artist Aakash Nihalani transforms ordinary spaces into wildly imaginative and playful ones. By creating \u00a0visually dimensional shapes out of tape, cardboard and paint, seemingly sterile spaces become interactive. Making the impossible seem possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,105],"tags":[1406,37,125],"class_list":["post-11450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artist","category-installation","tag-aakash-nihalani","tag-art","tag-artist-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Btis-2YG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7691,"url":"https:\/\/www.herringbonebindery.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/swell-things-no-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":11450,"position":0},"title":"Swell Things No. 12","author":"Erin Fletcher","date":"February 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"1. 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