STATE OF DESIGN
The State of Design Festival is the largest and most innovative design event in Australia and the heart of design thinking and design activity each year. Taking place from July 20–31 2011, the State of Design Festival increases awareness of the value of design and showcases how design generates innovation and adds value to both [...]
HUMAN PYRAMIDS
Image Hovin Wang Creative website We Love Creativity were introduced to Michael C. Hsiung while lining up the artists for their second annual Eighth Ply art show with Sk8ology that is planned for later this year. An introduction to The Human Pyramids Collective shortly followed. Let’s just say that they are one of the raddest groups of artists and [...]
BEN HEINE: DIGITAL CIRCLISM
Though Ben Heine is widely known for his very clever series Pencil Vs Camera, many might not know about his Digital Circlism set. Heine’s created a new technique whereby digital circles are individually applied to a black background.
NIKOLA TAMINDZIC
He was named the 2007 Nightlife Photographer of the Year by The L Magazine, and you can bet he was present at the party to take the pictures.Nikola Tamindzic, self -described as “gawker.com’s resident photographer/provocateur, and a taller, rather more mobile version of Larry Flynt” has taken this city by storm. He is a well known name [...]
PRETTY GROTESQUE: AN ART EXHIBITION BY MOJOKO
Vue Privée is proud to present Mojoko’s first solo exhibition titled “Pretty Grotesque”, which will be held from 10th March till 22nd May 2011 at our centrally located VP space. In this circus of peculiarities, Mojoko explores the boundaries of the beautiful and the grotesque. In his first solo show we discover the fine line between [...]
HITOTZUKI KAMI & SASU ‘OMNI’
Renowned for their giant collaborative zen pop murals, KAMI and SASU’s works combine elegant geometry with ebullient, uplifting colors. KAMI and SASU have been an inspiration to a generation of Japanese underground artists. Like an eclipse, OMNI by KAMI and SASU collectively known as ‘HITOTZUKI’ (lit: Sun and Moon) was a vibrant celebration of the [...]
DAVID KORNMANN’S KILLER DJ TABLES
I’m aware that Apple gets bandied about as a design reference rather liberally these days, but I will say that if the team at Cupertino designed DJ tables, they would probably look like these. Designer David Kornmann’s Hoerboard “DJ Workstations” cleanly hide every wire, cable and connection within their CNC-cut MDF surfaces, providing a clutter-free mixing [...]
NATHAN LOVE’S NBC PEACOCK
A collaboration between NBC Artworks and Nathan Love, this short animation explores the origins of the NBC logo. Joe Burrascano: “The brief was to create a stand-alone logo animation for NBC. The only guidelines were to make it our own, and of course, for it to be ‘the best logo ever.’” Client: NBC Artworks Studio: [...]
3 FROM 1
Titles for the show 3 from 1 on Mtv by Leo, Finsta and Pike of Recmode 6X10 sek, cell animation MTV – 3 from 1 from Recmode Animation on Vimeo.
DEPECHE MODE X :PHUNK TEES AT BLUE VELVETEEN SESSIONS WITH ANDY FLETCHER
“Inspired by the teenage years when kids wrapped DM posters and photos on their school folders and walked the streets with pride. Designs of faith and devotion… Everything counts.“- Alvin, :phunkstudio Another dope product from the AWE50ME community, :phunkstudio’s Alvin has reinterpreted the iconic band in an extremely limited edition series of Depeche Mode inspired artwork [...]
AWE50ME DEPECHE MODE INSPIRED STICKER ART
From top: artwork from Naz, Hao and The Killer Gerbil Our AWE50ME members are gearing up for Andy Fletcher at Ku De Ta on the 25th of Feb, showing their love to the iconic band with their own visual representation of Depeche Mode. DOPE! Download Naz’s design, Hao’s design and The Killer Gerbil’s design. If [...]
JUPITER
An interactive soundtrack submission by James Khing & his collaborators for SHAPESHIFTERS 2. Soundtrack by Adrian Yeo (Creamtone). Website by Clara Teo (Fakenylon). Supported by Ryan Lee (Frommetofu). View Website
ELEVEN TWELVE (BRACES TOWER REMIX)
A video mash-up from way back when, tidied up and re-edited in 2009. The inestimable Braces Tower provides the music with his remix of the Sesame Street Pinball Song (featuring the Pointer Sisters on vocals).
CIGARETTE ASH CITY
If you saw this image of a cigarette from far away, you’d probably think there was nothing special about it. Look a little bit closer, however, and you’ll be blown away by the amount of detail that went into creating Cigarette Ash City. Yang Yongliang is a young artist from Shanghai who studied traditional Chinese art [...]
12 memorable sci-fi movie moments transformed into hypnotic GIFs
GIFs are nothing new—those short chunks of animation designed to prompt laughter, titillation or just plain confusion. But some wizards have taken the GIF and turned it into art. The guys—or girls—at If We Don’t, Remember Me have focused on single images from films like Brazil, Blade Runner and even Metropolis and animated just enough to make them breathe with [...]
CASSETTE TAPE CANVASES
In a world where everything is turning digital, Finnish artist Sami Havia keeps it real by painting eco-friendly cassette tape canvases which feature album covers of some of our favorite bands and musicians throughout time. By using old school cassette tapes as his medium and blending in images that we associate with musicians, Sami authentically [...]
VUE PRIVEE
VP is a new art gallery space focused on limited edition artworks, merchandise, events and a lifestyle that is inspired by photography. It is situated in the heart of Orchard Road, Singapore’s premiere retail and shopping district. The space consists of two floors of exhibition and retail area located in a 3000 sq ft pre-war [...]
ZEROING
Direction & animation by Andrey Nepomnyaschev. Sound design by Studio Takt. ZEROING from andrey nepomnyaschev on Vimeo.
ROBO-RAINBOW
Instrument of mass destruction. (complicated technical solution to aide in simple acts of vandalism) robo-rainbow from mudlevel on Vimeo.
THE ANOTHER PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE: YOKO ONO
Using his modern interpretation of the original Proust Questionnaire, Jefferson Hack uncovers the true mindsets of his peers. John Lennon once described her as “the world’s most famous unknown artist: everybody knows her name, but nobody knows what she does.” As well as being known as John’s wife — images of the pyjama-clad couple’s 1969 Bed-In [...]
ONE + MODULAR HOMES
one+ is a housing concept by the swedish company add-a-room that allows users to build their home through prefabricated modules. the system was designed by danish architect lars frank nielsen and uses 15m square rooms as building blocks for dwellings. the units are built off site and assembled on location to streamline the process and [...]
CABINS- B8 HOUSE
The B8 House is located 270km north of Santiago, in an area characterized for strong winds that run through the pacific coast. The original scheme was a house of about 50m2, with a flexible floor plan capable of reconfiguring itself to different uses and conditions. These are the basic premises for the design. All the [...]
SEMI-PERMANENT: THE CREATIVE CONFERENCE FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE
Semi-Permanent Hong Kong 2011 presents 12 award-winning creative minds from around the world for the first time in Asia. Do join us at this two-day conference at the HKCEC from March 11-12. Click HERE for more information and purchase your tickets HERE.
BOULEVARD
Berkeley, CA-based photographer Katy Grannan has made a name for herself with her strikingly beautiful portraiture. Drawing on classical and contemporary styles, her photos are touching and intimate, presenting raw images of people, subjects who are complex yet relatable. In her most recent show, “Boulevard”, Grannan spent the last three years roaming the streets of Los [...]
