Okuyama Taiki

November 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Japan, Graphic Design, Portfolios, 2018

“Okuyama Taiki is a Japanese graphic designer incorporating a sense of liveliness and fun into his creative practice. While running a novelty book store in Tokyo that was free, Okuyama became interested in the values of exchange that led to a career in design.”

“Communication between information and people, and between people and people, is the most important issue to me”

This emphasis is seen in two of his projects, Playing Body Player as well as in the visuals for Owarhythm Benkai. Firstly, Playing Body Player is the visual identity for an exhibition of the same title organised by Seijo University of Art and Design.

“For the visuals for the Japanese rock band Owarhythm Benkai, Okuyama pays tribute to the neon signage aesthetic. He concisely engages the viewer with the use of looping colours that aren’t too in your face while still grabbing attention; utilising the medium of gifs to simply animate striking visuals which in turn, maximises on intrigue.” via Its Nice That

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Pixelated Art of Aldo Sergio

November 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Italy, Portfolios, 2018

“The Milan-based painter Aldo Sergio uses paint to warp perception, creating portraits and still life paintings which blur the boundary between the digital and the physical, and the traditional and the contemporary. “

“Sergio uses traditional painting methods to capture portraits of Victorian families, bowls of fruit, and birds, and then distorts these objects by covering them in small ‘glitches.’ Sergio builds tensions between objects, people and space, and his carefully painted glitch-like malfunctions to give his artworks an unusual movement, making a stark contrast to the stillness and seriousness of traditional paintings.” via Colossal

His solo exhibition at Galleria Patricia Armocida in Milan runs until the 30th of November, 2018.

@aldo.sergio

Largest Calligraphy in the World by Pokras Lampas

November 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Street Art, Russia, Portfolios, 2018

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World leading calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas has just beat his own record on doing the largest calligraphy ever drawn by one person. You can see his previous biggest roofs done for FENDI or Red October but here is another story

The new record was set within the framework of collaboration with Lokomotiv football club — the artist painted the square in front of RZD Arena (team’s home ground in Cherkizovo) in red and green — the reigningchampions’ club colors. The painting covers the area of 11,000 square meters.

The choice of location for the new art object was deliberate. Back in the Soviet days Cherkizovsky Parkused to bring art and sport together. The Stalinets stadium built here in 1935, was lavishly decorated with sculptures. The most famous among them was, perhaps, “The girl with an Oar” by Romuald Iodko — its four-meter copy printed on a 3D printer this simmer was painted by Pokras Lampas for Gorky Park. The new stadium built on the site of Stalinets has become a well-known arena for not just football games but also for first rate entertainment, art performances and concerts, it is used for shooting episodes about football.

According to Pokras Lampas, his new artwork brings together sport and art, taking up such topics as pushing the limits and conquering new peaks. As usual, Pokras encrypts a hidden message in his massive calligraffiti to be found and revealed by the audience. A shining example of profound symbolism and powerful meaning to be recognized is the installation “18 words about Vasily Vereshchagin” at the entrance to the New Tretyakov Gallery. The art object nearby RZD Arena has been no exception, as it implies a new slogan of Locomotiv which is “We go our (own) way”.

“Only by remaining independent, believing in your own values and overcoming difficulties, you can leave a mark on history. In sports the same laws apply, and only those who remain committed to their goals, no matter what, reach the highest level. “We go our way” is a vector of development which is very close to me as an artist. The line is written in numerous languages — it emphasizes multiculturalism of modern sport.”

— Pokras Lampas

@pokraslampas

FIRMAVERA

November 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in United Kingdom, Sculpture, Portfolios, 2018, Art

FIRMAVERA is the artistic practice of Natalia Romanova, based in London. Her product design ethos stems from her soviet childhood’s constructivist heritage and her experience as an industrial designer. She is influenced by an appreciative knowledge of engineering and industrial processes as well as the radical honesty of utilitarian and brutalism architecture.

The unpretentious beauty found in these disciplines informs her artistic practice which expands into experimentation through shape and perception. The frequent use of ceramics is a suitable canvas to convey a truthfulness to material while elevating the functional aesthetic into objects that are celebrations of that raw utopian vision.

Exposed overstructures, pattern repetitions and modularity hint at mass-production techniques and a brutalist rejection of ornaments. Ethical and functional intentions incidentally become malleable materials. The objects of FIRMAVERA are therefore playing with the notion of form and function, reconsidering their relationship in order to question the traditional norm of beauty.

firmavera.com

@firmavera

Mellow collection of accessories by Konstantin Kofta

November 12, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, Photography, Portfolios, Ukraine, 2018

Fashion apparel designer Konstantin Kofta returns with a new collection of accessories inspired by nature. His “Mellow SS19” refers to surrealistic feeling of joy and abundance; appears bright but intriguing, tastes juicy but fibrous, sounds amusingly and inspiring at the same time

@konstantinkofta

FICK

November 08, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Motioncollector, Portfolios, Spain, 2018

FICK - BoneSystem is the first part of a double-video project made by Nacho Velasco during the last year. It talks about the birth of this sneakers, a full CGI video based on procedural techniques and particles effects inside a dark, techonologic and elegant ambience.

Direction: Nacho Velasco
3D Artists: Nacho Velasco, Ruye, Nachei, Mutoff
Music and sound design: Jan Raydan

Making of

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Paper Paris by Camille Ortoli

October 24, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, France, Portfolios, 2018

“Haussmannien” is a personal project of paper artist Camille Ortoli where she painstakingly recreates famous building of Parisian boulevard Haussmann

@camilleortoli

History by Amit Shimoni

October 22, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Israel, Portfolios, Instagram, 2018

The artist’s “Hipstory Artist Series” is a continuation of Amit Shimoni original Hipstory project, which began with images of political figures. Amit has now expanded his portfolio to include new paintings of art stars, such as Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol.

@hipstory_shimoni

Georgian Motives

October 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, Russia, 2018

Saint-Petersburg based illustrator Rinat Khabirov recently went to a trip to trendy tourism destination - Georgia and brought back his visual diaries

@rinat_khabirov

Mark Lovejoy

October 15, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, USA, Portfolios, Photography, 2018

“These are not photographs of paintings – no paintings exist. These images are of something as fleeting as any street scene or sunset – illuminated pigments, diluents, extenders, resins, oils, fillers, waxes, drying agents, etc. which, depending upon the mix, have varying miscibilities, viscosities, tacks, surface textures, reflectance, drying times etc., etc. All images are made using CMYK, white & in some cases silver & gold. Each original image has been reworked & reshot repeatedly – preserving any given iteration would be to doom all subsequent possibilities – the photographic record is all that remains . . .”

— Mark Lovejoy

marklovejoy.com

Ludwig Favre Photography

October 08, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Photography, Portfolios, 2018

Ludwig Favre travels the world documenting its wonders in a way that elevates their look, creating an almost surreal, paint-like quality to the very landmarks we probably take for granted. From the front-facing wall of a building, to national parks, the designs of universities, pristine beaches and cityscapes around the world.

Below is his latest series “Oregon”

@Ludwigfavre

Bobby Rogers Photography

October 03, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, Portfolios, Photography, 2018

Bobby Rogers is a photographer and visual artist working in Minneapolis and New York.

He began his career exploring work on mental illness and addiction. Then the DIY aesthetics of street culture and its influence on high fashion. Today, he’s investigating revolutionary ideologies reshaping Black culture.

Al Tawam for Citypages

@bobbyrogers_

The Scroll Sketches by T.S Abe

September 28, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018, Art

London-based illustrator T.S Abe shares her latest pencil sketches that she animates smoothly by using no technologies only painstakingly drawing parts of each new frame

@ts_abe

Blake Kathryn

September 24, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Portfolios, USA, 2018

LA based digital artist Blake Kathryn Thomas shares her latest artworks with us. Her work touches upon themes of nostalgia, states of consciousness and vices, iterated into dreamlike compositions.

@blakekathryn

Eugene Pylinksy

September 20, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Ukraine, Portfolios, Motioncollector, 2018

Talented Kyiv-based motion artist Eugene Pylinsky aka @pylik is definitely having a worth to see profile on Behance and Vimeo

@pylik

Pokras Lampas: The Life of an Artist

Moscow Manege

September 19, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Lettering, Portfolios, Russia, 2018

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World leading artist Pokras Lampas (who is 27 today) taking his regal over the hype recently by delivering an Olympic amount of project one can handle with such a grace and inner manifesto.

His ongoing personal exhibition in Moscow Manege “The Life of an Artist” gathering a huge amount of millennials and those who understand that art is a “perpetuum mobile” neither a pillar of a history.

Pokras Lampas for Vogue Russia

Pokras Lampas for IKEA

Pokras Lampas for Tretyakov Gallery

Pokras Lampas for WYNWOOD Hotel

and this is only a half of project release by the artist this year!

@pokraslampas

Daily Digital Art by Beeple

September 18, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Netherlands, Instagram, Portfolios, 2018

Mike Winkelmann known as Beeple is doing a strong digital artwork a day. Literally every day for the last 11 years (sic!). We believe he has no time to collect them chronologically but sometimes it happens, like this time with November 2017 pack, available for appreciations on Behance. (We were happy to had Beeple involved in our Digital Decade exhibition last year where he recreated 3D worlds in VR Chat based on designs he selected from own competition ran with Kingdeluxe Label)

@beeple_crap

Digital Art of Mateusz Krol

September 14, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Graphic Design, Poland, Portfolios, 2018

When imagination meets right tools a new design star is born, please welcome Mateusz Krol - very promising digital artist and designer from Warsaw. His profile can be found on Ello as well as on Behance

@krol.jpg

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NU:RO Minimalist Analog Watch

September 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, USA, Portfolios, 2018

Just in time when “Quantified Self” trend is trying to excuse the brutal data harvest from leading smart accessories - here come the solution to take an ease in sharing all of your personal details (including blood cells rate) to the unknown. Welcome award-winning minimalist analogue watches created by the fellows of our creative industry - Anton Repponen and his Brooklyn based studio ANTON&IRENE

After winning the Red Dot Award in 2010 for best concept, and many years of creating digital products for a variety of clients such as The Met, USAToday, Spotify, Balenciaga, Google and Netflix, Anton & Irene decided to make the leap into product design and produce the analog NU:RO watch themselves.

“We could have easily produced more watches, but we deliberately wanted to release a limited edition of 500 so that owning one would feel more special, almost like we’re all part of the same family”

— Anton & Irene

The watch has two dials, one with hours at the top and the other with minutes at the bottom. When they rotate the current time is shown inside the hourglass. The watch has been manufactured in a limited edition of 500, and can be purchased through the studio’s Kickstarter campaign until October 10th, after which, they will be gone forever.

The studio has also collaborated with the artist Shantell Martin for a limited edition release of 10 original hand drawn artworks.

“I always love working with Anton & Irene, and am proud to collaborate with them on this very special release of a project I know has been a passion of theirs for many years”

— Shantell Martin, Artist

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Kim Leutwyler Art

September 13, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Australia, Portfolios, 2018

Kim Leutwyler (@carlosbob) is a visual artist based in Sydney, Australia. She works in a variety of media including painting, installation, ceramics, print media and drawing. Kim’s current work takes its form in paintings dealing with images of beauty, gender and Queer-identity. She has come to focus on painting as a medium because of its primarily masculine history in the western art canon. By entering into the modernist painting field Kim hopes to destabilize gender borders just as LGBTQ artists have been doing since the 70’s and earlier. Her artwork has been exhibited in multiple galleries throughout the United States and Australia.