Elisabetta Benassi

November 14, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Italy, Portfolios

Italian artist Elisabetta Benassi’s solo show, ‘The Sovereign Individual’ at Galerie Jousse Entreprise (@galeriejousseentreprise) in Paris (last year) presented a selection of the artist’s recent works, including two installations specially devised for the gallery space.

Elisabetta Benassi (Rome, 1966) is an Italian artist. In her work she critically observes the cultural, political and artistic legacy of modernity, as well as broader, often controversial political and cultural themes of our time. Using diverse media – installation, photography, video – she thus emotionally engages and questions the viewer while tracing troubled and contested timelines. From the background of her pieces emerges a questioning of contemporary identity and of the conditions of the present. Her work has been shown at several venues worldwide, including the Venice Biennale.

Cerruti Draime Photography

November 13, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Portfolios, Photography

Eduardo Cerruti and Stephanie Draime (@stephdraime) are a NYC based photography team, as well as life partners. Coming from greatly distinct backgrounds, Eduardo’s roots originate in Florence, Italy and Stephanie comes from a Mexican American family, grew up in Hawaii and eventually found her way to Florence; where they met in 2010.

They moved to New York City in 2014 and spontaneously began to pursue photography together. The two photographers quickly noticed how perfectly they synced as a team and have been fully dedicated to their work since.

@edocerruti

Peter Bankov

November 13, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Graphic Design, Portfolios, Russia, Czechia

Born in Belarus, raised in Moscow, rocketing Russian graphic design through the self-established then leading agency Design Depot and (kAk] Magazine, a decade ago Peter Bankov settled down in Prague to continue what he call a life-size career in poster design. To the date he has created over thousand of posters and gained international recognition in this field.

@peter_bankov

Illustrations by Amandine Comte

November 12, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, France, Fashion, Illustration, Portfolios

French illustratrice and graphiste Amandine Comte shows off her latest artwork she does for personal manner or for commercial collaborations with names like Marionnaud, Durance, J.L David and R. Furterer

@amandine_comte

The Lift

November 12, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Advertising

While reviewing @CiclopeFestival winners we found this gem. A short story of our zoomers life… #stepoutofyourhead

Helena Hauss

November 12, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Illustration, France, Portfolios

Revising the work of talented ballpoint-pen artist Helena Hauss

“We live in a society ruled by social conventions and labels with pre-established set of traits that would be construed as weak, weird, bad, or unacceptable. My work aims to use self-deprecation and satire as a way to own up to those labels rather that shy away from them, and thus, put on display the very thing that others would scorn at. By using satire as a weapon against one’s inner demons, but also by rejecting a pre-established set of codes of social conventions to break down a systemic derogatory social hierarchy. It’s about owning up to one’s own short-comings and imposed labels, and refusing to apologise for them by revelling in them as part of one’s own identity. ”

— Helena Hauss

Reversible blankets by Forget Me Not

November 11, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Fashion, France, Craft, Portfolios

For their latest Blankets collection “Reversible”, Forget Me Not (run by our friend Coco) used advanced Jacquard weaving techniques, bringing an original depth and texture to their design range. Always dedicated to providing artisan quality home decor items to boutique stores worldwide. All their items are printed and manufactured by Europe’s finest craftsmen.

@forgetmenotcoco

Marmalade Type by Ruslan Khasanov

November 11, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Digital Art, Portfolios, Photography, Russia

“This is a bright and colourful typography captured with camera. These images are looks like computer graphics, some kind of experiment with gradients. But the whole point is that this is a photo, there is not a drop of any paint here only the phenomenon of interference. I formed letters with gel on the surface of the CD and illuminated it with a lamp.”

— Ruslan Khasanov

@ruskhasanov

#THEUPSIDEDOWN by Xavier Portela

November 08, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, France, Portfolios, Photography

“The Upside Down Glow, inspired by the American TV series: Stranger Things.
When it rains, I always look to capture images using reflections, time to stretch your neck.”

— Xavier Portela

@xavierportela

Guda Koster

November 07, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Netherlands, Portfolios, Sculpture

Guda Koster is a Dutch artist who creates living sculptures and performances, which the photographs are the results of. Koster’s works are created in parallels of time, space and textile. In her works Koster uses fabrics, colours and patterns that underline the codes and meanings our clothing conveys

@guda_koster

Ana Miminoshvili Illustration

November 07, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Illustration, Portfolios, Georgia

Ana Miminoshvili is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts at TSAA. While she was still a student, she started taking her first steps in being part of the creative industry. Ana is passionate about finding and crafting visual solutions in both illustration and design.

@anano__

Sun Ying Art

November 06, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, China, Portfolios

Chinese artist 孙影 (Sun Ying) shares her latest artworks on Behance

Jiaqi Wang Illustration

November 06, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, China, Illustration, Portfolios, USA

Jiaqi (Jackie) Wang is an illustrator and animator originally from China, currently based in Los Angeles. She specialises in 2D moving images and motion graphics. Her work revolves imagination about daily life, full of colours, visual design, and character design.

Basic RGB

@JQ.WAN

Gianmaria Schonlieb

November 05, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Advertising, Branding, Fashion, Photography, Portfolios, USA

Gianmaria Schonlieb is a multidisciplinary Creative Director with extensive experience in advertising and art direction.

“I like to focus on simple moments. Advertising is something that we don’t really need in life, so I have always loved to focus on small moments, objects, and little things that are often overlooked but that can make you crack a smile.”

@gschon

Disco Casting

November 05, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Advertising, Agencies, Motioncollector

DISCO is a short film from South African casting agency, DISCO, showcasing in a superb way, what’s happening in the strange and wonderful world of casting direction…

“In casting, our world is a theatre of the unseen. We live behind the curtain. This is a celebration of the casting arena in all of its intimate awkwardness, secrecy and flashes of flamboyance, where we delight in the unruliness of human beings.

As casting directors we present a fantasy version of how a story can be told. For the film, we stepped into that fantasy by reimagining and reenacting the jobs we’ve been asked to cast on. We dreamt up the roles these characters would go on to play in our ideal world. It was about casting ourselves as the audience, letting go and learning about who we are. The films show us how we see the world.

Good casting direction is presenting the unexpected and making it work. A lot of the magic of our trade is conjured by happy accidents, surprises and mischief. The imperfections, the intimate off-screen moments before and between a session, the mistakes and blemishes – these are the things that enliven our work.”

— DISCO

@discocasting

Nazar Bilyk Sculpture

November 04, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Art, Portfolios, Sculpture, Ukraine

Sculptor Nazar Bilyk creates negative-space artworks leaving the viewer recreate the original shape while viewing it

@bilyknazar

Half & Hohloma

November 04, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Design, Craft, Russia

Russian Half&Half returns with a new design collaboration after the successful project “Half&Gzhel” both aimed to restore the interest in Russian traditional decorative arts.

Art Director: Gina Onegina
Photographer: Dasha Kuznetsova
Style, set-design: Natasha Istomina
Makeup: Nadia Mastrukova

Hairstyles: Maxett
Assistant: Nastya Shengelia
Actors / models: Lesha Kochergin, Misha Guray, Dmitry Semenov, Kostya Stepanov

Designed by Anna Kulachek and manufactured at Khokhlomskaya Rospis factory, Half&Hohloma tells a different story of the most famous and oversaturated pattern-painting Khokhloma, traditionally made on a sound lacquered wooden objects using gold plating and other techniques.

HALF&Hohloma plates are made of pressed wood flakes - an eco-friendly and deformation resistant material. After polishing the plates are then primed with oil varnish, then coated with aluminium powder, making them silvery.

Then follows the painting process by the hands of experienced master craftsmen. After drying the plates are coated with a few layers of lacquer and this is how silver turns into khokhloma gold.

@half.and.co

@half.hohloma

@kulachek

Hidden

November 01, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Digital Art, Fashion, Motioncollector

Hidden is a triptych video installation created by DBLG that merges the world of fashion, music and visual art. Inspired by the debut couture collection of fashion designer Vincent Lapp, who won Nick Knight’s SHOWStudio Fashion Film Award, explores the connection between form and elemental forces, taking the viewer on an arresting visual journey.

To mark the start of London Fashion week 2019 the film has been designed to be shown simultaneously across three huge portrait screens immersing the audience in coloured light and surround sound.

Music for the film is composed by experimental choral trio Blood Moon Project. Approaching the film in chapters they interpreted each of the garments graphic language as instrumentation blending synths, salvaged church organs and percussion.

@dblg_ldn

Abstract - The Art Of Design: Season 2

November 01, 2019 by Arseny Vesnin in 2019, Design, Motioncollector

The Art of Design returns to take you beyond blueprints into the art, science, and philosophy of design. From how we see the world to how we impact the world, the series goes inside the minds of the world’s greatest designers, showcasing the most inspiring visionaries from a variety of disciplines whose work shapes our culture and future. Watch it on @Netflix