3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
In 1973, the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill built La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall in Spanish) in Calpe, Alicante, Spain. The building was deeply inspired by North African architecture known as the Casbah. Discover the 50 apartments complex with intermingling stairs, bridges and colorful platforms. via Trendland
The Wonders Taste was inspired by a René Magritte’s picture named “The Invisible’s Taste”. Artist Francesca Fattori often take inspiration from the surrealist art. Fattori objectifies ordinary food ingredients by relating them to her personal perceptions of sinuosity; extravagance; limitation and fragility. The pictures are still scenes from a play and removed from their fluid natural sequence, which she likes to call “Metaphysical Landscapes”. via Trendland
"Fascinated with classical art and the work of Michelangelo from a very young age, American painter Alexandra Becker-Black creates dream-like watercolours that seek to convey a quiet power and effortlessness, in the same way that old masters did. " via Yatzer
Introducing the Rubik’s Snake Lamp, designed by Oikimus Maria and Ivan Zverev, of Oikimus Design based in our lovely city of Saint-Petersburg.Just like the toy Rubik’s Snake (a hit of the seventies, really), the lamp is made up of elements interconnected by hinges that allow the parts to rotate 360° to create various two- and three-dimensional shapes. Do note that the lamp’s case is made of plywood, outfitted with LEDs inside that illuminate through frosted Plexiglas.
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Join the imaginary digital world of concept artist Jie Ma based in Shanghai. Meet you in his epic environments that may exist in a post-digital era very soon.
Spanish street artist ESCIF reveals his latest murals on StreetAgainst website and recently in the ongoing book "Elsewhere - An ESCIF Solo Book"
Manuel Archain born in 1983 in Argentina is an emerging star in contemporary photography. Here is a series of his photomanipulations titled “Small world”.
Walking through thoughts, cars, books, streetlights, bikes, people, breakfast, dinner, travel landscapes, inner landscapes… So fast, so anxious we could be in the middle of a scene before we even get there. We could even go through it and be back without even noticing it. The usual, everyday dream, our out of scale perception and how each one of us is so into our personal world that we cannot see what is happening around us. The size and weight of things is so distorted, we can even manage to move into a small world. Why the size of a truck could not be the same as my personal scale of a tea cup? What is after the end of the table?
I think I found a heaven for visual and art addict like me. Check out the hundreds of talented collages where modern vanity fair juxtaposes with classic art to create a satyrical clash for a modern society. Meet Eisen Bernard and his "Mag + Art" project
"My Mag + Art series is a collection of magazine cover and classical painting mashups. Famous paintings of artists like Boticelli, Ingres, Klimt and Picasso were overlain with iconic covers of popular magazines like Life, Time, Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone to produce funny and interesting visual combos. This ongoing project on Tumblr is my way of giving homage to the magazines – as venue of human artistic expression and vehicle of popular culture."
BOOKNITURE is an extremely compact furniture. You can store it or carry it around just like a book. In just a flip, it unfolds from a book to a piece of multifunctional furniture. You can grab your own piece by supporting the project on Kickstarter
http://vimeo.com/122714502
Just in time of Chinese New Year we rolling out the awesome project of Mehmet Gozetlik called "Chinatown". The project shows our weak knowledge of the most populated nation in the world still saving its traditional culture and mentality.
http://vimeo.com/117655202
Philippe Debongnie is a Belgian graphic designer and illustrator shares the series called “Typography landscapes” that were created over old paintings or engravings, placing a few words inside it.
Erica Elan Ciganek is a young painter based in Chicago - works mainly in the medium of oil paint. Below you will see some of her paintings from the "Faces" series. Visit her website to see more.
Huxley is a photographer specialising in interiors and food. Based in Cheltenham, Huxley works for a range of clients locally as well as nationally. Huxley is self taught and worked as a photographer's assistant for many years to hone his skills. Huxley is a lover of food, beautiful interiors, natural light, and travel.
Quim is Catalonian designer and graphic artist working mainly with identity systems and poster language.
There is only ONENAIRONE and he is epic and does a great lettering and street art on locations in Paris and London. He is a resident of Hellohikimori and we are more than happy to present his works here. C'est bon!
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Few times we posted Carter's works on our Instagram, now we get our hands on his portfolio full of drawings created from a coffee cup stains. Among his most impressive pieces are his graphite drawings of motorcycles and other vehicles that rest on drippy caffeinate circles. The contrast of his detailed renderings with the sloppy coffee tires never seems to get old.
American East Coast is slowly turning to Russian Far East, and blame no one, but Earth's climate changed dramatically. You might seen a lot of snowy photos from New York and other cities last days but here is a different view on natural disaster. NYC based street artist FAUST use nothing but his fingers to create lovely lettering on car hoods covered with snow. This peaceful act of instant art makes a big smile on our faces.
Saint-Petersburg based designer Alex Petunin has created the Double Position chair. Manufactured by ArtTech and made from painted wood, it can be used as an armchair, lounge chair or rocking chair
