Lucky Peach Magazine Issue #3
Days like this put a smile on our faces. The latest issue of Lucky Peach magazine is now delivery to subscribers and heading to newsstands in days. Issue 3 continues David Chang’s quest to re-invent the food periodical with more real world text, recipes and infographics. A variety of questions are posed in Lucky Peach: [...]
Typo/graphic Posters
typo/graphic posters is a platform for inspiration and promotion of good design through poster culture and the pure forms of graphic design. we believe that quality is generated by consuming quality. The website is dope, no naked girls walking around but awesome just the same. Click HERE!
PICTOPLASMA Festival 2012
The world’s leading and largest Festival of contemporary character culture returns to Berlin, with a dense, one-week program of inspiring artist presentations, conference lectures, animation festival, workshops, installations, numerous character walk exhibitions, performances, VJ battles and of course, loads of character! The unique mix of screenings, personal artist presentations, numerous exhibitions delivers tons of inspiring [...]
SXSW 2012
The 26th edition of SXSW will arrive with a lot of momentum carried over from our Silver Anniversary in 2011. Expect to see expansion of last year’s new initiatives, such as the combined SXSW Trade Show for the Creative Industries, which draws from all the events – Interactive, Film and Music. SXSW.COM is the most [...]
i Light Marina Bay Festival Returns
Last year’s inaugural i Light Marina Bay Festival was a fresh and welcome highlight in the Singapore art calendar. Public, free and easily accessible, it checked all the right boxes for us. We particularly appreciated that it was held in the heart of downtown attracting crowds from a good cross-section of Singapore’s populace; art aficionados, nightlife punters, [...]
Offset 2012
Originally an initiative of The Small Print when it begun in early 2009, OFFSET has quickly grown into an strong entity in itself. Run by Peter O’Dwyer, Bren Byrne and Richard Seabrooke (all creatives living and working in Dublin) it has become Dublin’s premier creative festival attracting speakers and visitors from all over the world. [...]
IdN Video v18n6: Best of 2011 — Annual review of the “Best of the Best”
Out of the 170+ videos from the last five issues of Motion Gallery and our online channel IdN Onair, we have selected 32 that we think are worth watching again – the pick of the crop. Apart from all the stunning work in this “Best of the Best” collection, Argentinian artist Mariano Sidoni and the [...]
New Stuff From Sheryo
…Aaaaand Sheryo’s back and guess what the llamas brought in! These two images are up for a limited run of 8 prints, signed by Sheryo himself, comes with a free toothless grandma in a rocking chair. If you want these prints, paypal sheryo@gmail.com. See more of Sheryo Art in these places: www.sheryoart.com www.sheryoart.tumblr.com www.sheryo.tumblr.com www.facebook.com/ArmyOfSnipers [...]
50 best costumes in comics
from iron man’s mk1 suit to rorschach’s trench coat, complex magazine counts down the most stylish outfits from the many favorite characters throughout comic book history. the countdown includes mutants, mortals, marvel and DC characters but, unfortunately, no female superheroes. Check out the SOURCE!
moebius: transe-forme at the fondation cartier, paris
the fondation cartier pour l’art contemporain presents an exhibition devoted to the work of french comics artist jean giraud, more commonly known by his pseudonyms moebius and gir. ‘moebius-transe-forme’ is the first major show in paris dedicated to giraud’s contribution to the graphic medium, chronicling his earlier work to his more progressive delineation that often [...]
The World’s Most Stylish Starbucks Cafe
Yes, this is a Starbucks cafe. It’s in Tokyo’s Fukuoka Perfecture and was designed by the remarkable Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, who refers to the ‘fusion of traditional and contemporary’. The cafe, which can seat 45 people, was designed to resemble the natural surroundings of a nearby Shinto shrine. Check out THE SOURCE!
Longoland
These are a few of my new art pieces: a commissioned stool, a monster rug in industrial grey felt, and a drawing from a series of work to be seen in Berlin this spring. I will be lecturing at the Pictoplasma Festival in Berlin this upcoming April with a host of fantastic character artists. —Longo [...]
Interview: Khairuddin Hori, Curator of The Singapore Show: Future Proof
Culturepush was there at the opening of The Singapore Show: Future Proof on 14 January at SAM at 8Q, one of the biggest contemporary art shows dedicated to local artists in recent years. If you haven’t had the chance to visit, Future Proof showcases work by 26 Singapore-based artists (the distinction is due to the fact [...]
Awesome Moving GIFs by Davidope
Budapest-based creative genius Davidope has created this collection of hypnotic gifs to get us walking like chickens. I’m sure of it. If not that, then maybe we’re all going to quit smoking and fall asleep at the click of his fingers. Whatever the reason, these gifs will certainly send you into a trance. By giving [...]
Wear Emerging Designers | Blueprint
As most of you know, we have too many talented designers who are threading treacherous waters in the competition of well-financed commercial brands. The Blueprint team therefore initiated the Wear Emerging Designers movement in view of demonstrating their support for these well deserved artists. Buoyed by passion and a refreshing perspective, these designers have taken [...]
The Princess Bride Wine
Bottle of Wits (available in red and white) is the new The Princess Bride themed wine by Austin’s Alamo Drafthouse in honor of the movie’s 25th anniversary. Varietals of the wine include Inconceivable Cab and As You Wish White, and are available for purchase online. Awesome eh? Check out the SOURCE!
Wood Typography Engraving
What’s not to love about beautiful type engraved into old wine barrel lids? Would happily hang this in our studio. Nice work from Ben Johnston. Check out the SOURCE!
Awesome David Bowie Movie Poster Mash-Ups
Our friends over at Buzzfeed have compiled a selection of killer poster designs that feature the Thin White Duke in the lead role in, erm, everything. Saving Major Tom? Why the hell not. Check out the SOURCE!
FLABSLAB presents: Culture Crash by Mojoko & Eric Foenander @ White Canvas Gallery
EVENT-PRESS: ‘FLABSLAB introduces Culture Crash, a new exhibition by Mojoko and Eric Foenander. The collaboration between the two rising stars of Singapore’s underground art scene explores the mind-bending results of ancient tradition colliding with cartoon culture – everything from Peranakan Star Wars to Ming Dynasty action figures. The exhibition will feature a mix of one-off [...]
Radikal Forze Jam 2012 Official Promo
The Radikal Forze B-boy Jam is an annual International break-dancing competition that is held in collaboration with the anniversary of Radikal Forze Crew, the pioneers of the break-dancing culture in Singapore, & also part of the larger street & hiphop culture. Past years have seen attendance from regional & international dancers, b-boys & b-girls from [...]
David LaChapelle’s Unique Take on Baroque Still Life Paintings
In Earth Laughs In Flowers, David LaChapelle appropriates the traditional Baroque still life painting in order to explore contemporary vanity, vice, the transience of earthly possessions and, ultimately, the fragility of humanity. Expectations of the still life are satisfied through the inclusion of symbolic objects such as fruit, flowers and skulls, but also upended by the [...]
Barry McGee Retrospective
For those of you familiar with the work of Barry McGee (as you should be), you’ll undoubtedly be excited to know that California’s Berkley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation to put together a retrospective showing over two decades worth of his work. Catch it all in [...]
People I Want To Punch In The Face book
A must have for any serious hater, the People I Want To Punch In The Face hand-bound original book is created by 27th Street Press. Described as a ‘Useful, non-violent alternative to mayhem’, it fits perfectly in your pocket at only 5 x 3.5” and for the wonderful sum of just $10. For the true hater in [...]
Fluoresce at the NGV Studios in Melbourne
A bunch of hot chicks that are inspired by bright colours mesh together to create artworks during a one month residency at Melbourne’s NGV Studios from February 11. It will be good to see bright colours and female energy in the NGV Studios. Check out the SOURCE!
