Monument Valley Game App

You don't need a special announce to mention the rocket start of a new iOS game "Monument Valley". Designers from "the creative silicon valley" - Shoreditch, London forming the agency UTSWO released the game being inspired by the surreal world of M.C. Escher.

"Monument Valley is an elegant puzzle game where you guide a young princess, Ida, through a maze of ruined monuments. You manipulate the landscape to let Ida get from place to place, using optical illusions to your advantage – as in Monument Valley, when walkways appear to line up, Ida can walk along them – even when you know that they really don't." via Digital Arts

Official Trailer:

Behind the scenes:

In these films they explain how the works of MC Escher and the architecture of ancient temples inspired both Ken's visuals and way the game is played.

The team also revealed their favourite things about the game and its creation in the video below.

Nois7

"Robert Jahns, better known as nois7, has casually been manipulating photos to create surreal, impossible situations for some time now. Featured throughout much of his work are cities – bold old and new – infused with extremes, from the frozen canals of Venice to skateboarding the skyline of New York City. While the idea itself is not necessarily new, the execution is very well done, leaving the viewer with a sense of awe." via Highsnobiety

Ilya Kuvshinov illustrations

Enter the sc-fi and fanart world of Ilya's character illustration - talented Russian digital artist. See more on Behance and Deviantart

Predators by Maxim Shkret

Russian digital artist Maxim Shkret released the series of posters depicting predators in a formal 3D illustrative way, well done.

Paint Showers

Paint Showers is beautiful animated short directed and animated by LA-based Miguel Jiron. Filmed back in 2011, the piece was made by photographing sequences of paint drips and splashes which were then set to sounds of rain creating an otherworldly thunderstorm of paint.via Colossal

http://vimeo.com/26404699

Google Street View goes Classic

Halley Docherty juxtapose Google Street View snapshots with classic paintings to say a new word in digital art.

The Sculpted Alphabet by Foreal

Guys from Foreal agency created an awesome 3D Alphabet just for fun. Check it out on their Behance profile

Taylor McCormick Photography

Firstly a young daydreamer and than the photographer - Taylor McCormick imagines in all her creative way.

Facades by Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy

"Facades is an ongoing series of work by French photographer Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy that imagines a world where facades have been completely isolated from buildings. He shares of the project" writes Collosal

The façade is the first thing we see, it’s the surface of a building. It can be impressive, superficial or safe. Just like during a wandering through a foreign city, I walk through the streets with these questions: what will happen if we stick to that first vision? If the daily life of “The Other” was only a scenery? This series thus offers a vision of an unknown world that would only be a picture, without intimate space, with looks as the only refuge.

GM Concept UI by GMUNK

The General Motors Advanced Design Studio approached Munkowitz aka GMUNK to concept and design the driver console and touch screen UI for their upcoming Cadillac concept car, the Elmiraj. The goal was to create an experience that utilized a multitude of future driving technologies while still maintaining the elegance and luxury of the Cadillac brand.. Munko was freelancing with the Autofuss collective and deep into finishing BOX at the time, so he built a small Seal Team consisting of the talented Conor Greeble and Jason English Kerr, and brought back old-schooler Joseph Chanimal as well.. Together they fabricated a very compelling glimpse into the future of Car UI, stressing real-world functionality set within a very distinct future-forward style and palette..

Read more about the concept on GMUNK's website

Jehan Choo

Talented illustrator Jehan Choo captured my eye with the “Alas I Cannot Swim" print circulated on Tumblr. I was happy to find more gems on his personal, commercial and sketchy portfolios he spread all over the net.

Vespa Cam

What a Roman Holiday without noisy Italian scooter and shiny gloss helmets? Now add the next ingredient - shake but don't stir. That is Vespa Cam, a concept made by students Rotimi Solola and Cait Miklasz. According to the design duo, the camera will have a Vespa rectangular thin streamlined body, a large touch-finder, a curved shape and a fresh mint colour.

Typography Playground by Ruslan Khasanov

Russian designer Ruslan Khasanov shows of new typography experiments. They include typography artworks based on chemical reactions, film disposals and even edible stuff as a part of his I Ate Alphabet Tumblr page. Check the full Typography Set on Behance and enjoy the selected works below

Walking City

Architecture + Evolution + Movement = Universal Everything Referencing the utopian visions of 1960’s architecture practice Archigram, Walking City is a slowly evolving video sculpture. The language of materials and patterns seen in radical architecture transform as the nomadic city walks endlessly, adapting to the environments she encounters.

http://vimeo.com/85596568

Trivial Expose by Alberto Seveso

Trivial Expose is a new project from talented digital artist Alberto Seveso where he merges female beauty with random colourful patterns maid with paint and other magic.

How big are Olympics venues?

I am not a big fan of sports (lawn-tennis only) and never let myself to start political discussions here, but I like art and infographics. That's what you can see in the latest project done by NY Times. They easily merged New York Central Park and Sochi Olympic object to compare the scale of the sport venues. Enjoy the full project with comments on http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/02/04/sports/olympic-venues.html

Geo a Day

"Geo A Day" is a digital playground formed by Jeremiah Shaw and Danny Jones

Surreal photography by Ilya Kisaradov

The surreal images of Russian photographer Ilya Kisaradov (aka ezorenier) have a level of vulnerability to them that draws the viewer's attention and allows one to empathize with each character within the frame. The photographer's subjects often exhibit a sense of confinement and isolation in nature that is heightened through props like a birdcage or even one's own hair wrapped tightly over the subject's mouth. via

Ravshaniya photography

Uzbekistan photographer Ravshaniya creates intriguing photographs with a decent digital manipulation