3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Russian artist Andrey Kasay better known as Flakonkishochki released a series of animations dedicated to a procrastinating person - Ziber
"Ziber this is cartoon about a man that has nothing but want to succeed with minimal effort. He wants love and weasel and trying to live within system but is constantly faced with impenetrable stupidity. The series is based on true story, of course," - says author
"What a fagot!"
It is merely the first time we see adequate attempt of applying some identification to the most unpredictable and trending country in the world - mother Russia. "A team of five designers has created a new brand identity for Russia’s tourism board, using a logo that references the country’s cultural history and geography. Employing the aesthetics of Suprematism, an art movement coined by Russian artist Kasimir Malevich that featured abstract compositions of bold geometric shapes, the logo uses such shapes in the form of a map of Russia. An important, avant-garde era of Russian culture, not least thanks to its ties to the revolution, the design team says it used Suprematist techniques because – in its time – it “personified advanced thinking” in the country, and is still associated with Russia around the world." says It's Nice That
The idea behind main "centres" of Russia
The new brand identity was selected via competition within Russia, to which anyone could apply. From 480 logos and 600 slogans, 30 were developed and ten presented for public vote before a jury selected the winner. You can see these shortlisted designs here
Russian digital artist and resident of our own London's Digital Decade collab, Slava Semeniuta best known as @Thisset shared his latest neon street findings
It began few years ago when Russian Design magazine AD asked 5 leading designers to come up with pilot projects to save significant local industries from dying out of ideas. We wrote about Yar Misonzhnikov reinventing Vologda lace traditions. But today we put on review the only one project went in production
That was a redesign of classic Gzhel Porcelain Ceramics by then a designer and now art-director of Strelka Institute - Anna Kulachek. In 2015 together with HALF&HALF production firm, Anna released a small bunch of desert plates HALF&KULACHEK - the modern designs that use classical Gzhel colour motifs and geometrical patterns.
This autumn, the company decided to produce a limited supply of table version plates (27.5 cm) in two colours. Next year, the brand owners intend to continue the series with the same print, as well as produce cups, sugar bowls and other objects.
Famous Russian illustrator Evgeny Kiselev (hundreds of international projects) and design studio Sundukovy Sisters (for a moment! The duo did 30 hotels, over 60 restaurants, bars and cafes, over 70 offices, banks, shops interiors) were commissioned by Pullman Berlin hotel to refurbish their interiors using the flora and fauna motives due to the close location to Berlin Zoo
Dmitri Aske, a multidisciplinary Russian artist, has had a large solo show in Moscow RuArts Gallery. The exhibition entitled Through The Mist, which lasted from November, 2 till December, 2, included 24 plywood relieves created in the artist’s unique technique and 4 middle-sized plywood sculptures. Dmitri had worked on the series for nine months.
According to the artist, the title of the show describes the life of modern people who try to find their own way wandering through the informational mist. The characters of all the artworks exist in the state of uncertainty, doubts, second thoughts, anxiety concerning past and future, which lies behind the white noise of our digital age.
Dmitri Aske is a versatile Moscow artist and one of the main figures behind the Russian urban contemporary art movement. He started his career in 2000 from writing graffiti, later moving to graphic design and illustration. In mid-2000s, Dmitri had collaborated with Nike, Reebok, PlayStation, and the like making different art objects and graphics. He also used to be an Edior-in-Chief of one of the first Russian graffiti magazines and a co-founder of a street wear brand. Since 2015, Aske has dedicated himself full-time to art, creating plywood tile relieves, sculptures, and painting murals. In 2016, according to the InArt research, he was named 4th by the sum of auction sales among the young Russian artists. Apart from working in the studio, Dmitri runs an online magazine vltramarine.ru, as well as gives lectures on graffiti and street art.
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Leading calligraphy artist Pokras Lampas spent 30 hours to customise Shortcut Racing car in collaboration with DK Racing Team Russia. By applying his personal "Calligrafuturism" style Arseny (Pokras Lampas) brings dynamics of streets to typography patterns applied across the buggy car body.
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Photography: Denis Bychkovskiy / @denbych
"The history of cinema appears to be easy to do. Lars von Trier has shot the whole American dilogy without leaving the building. We’ve replayed the scenes from the world-known films within the confines of Saint-Petersburg only. Then what? Сome and see, behold and film."
Written & Directed by Gregory Ignatev, Dmitry Novoseltsev
Director of Photography Pavel Stanin
"Burnt by the Sun" is ongoing series of photography started by Russian artists Sonya and Mark Whitesnow several years ago They manage to caught that "mellow brain" moment of models over-exposed on the sun during a photo session.
Russian director Surmina Regina made an underwater campaign for Sasha Unisex temporary tattoos featuring famous Instagram divine Alberta
Ahead of the launch of Maxim Zhestkov’s first digital edition on Sedition, Elements, this October 2017, they interviewed the visual and motion graphic artist from his studio in Russia to discuss his surreal animations, his approach to his own work and its subsequent reception.
Elements is an experimental video work by Maxim Zhestkov, which explores nature, physics, art and love through digitally animated ‘particles’ or ‘elements’. More than two billion particles, governed by tensions and forces influenced by those occurring in nature were used to replicate the motion of collective behaviour. As well as patterns of motion, the particles tell stories and evince emotional responses.
The film is a trial by the artist to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements or blocks, which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. It demonstrates that there is a relationship between the tiny and individual, and the enormous and multiple. The ideas the work explores brings together emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe.
Elements, an experimental art film by Maxim Zhestkov, follows more than two billion black and white spheres through a series of experiments within several enclosed spaces. Throughout the film the particles swarm through different white rooms, each labeled with subtle wall text that broadly defines the physics of each animation such as flow, diffusion, and pressure. Set to a score of hauntingly hollow tones, Elements is intended to express laws of nature and mathematics, visually representing the composition of particles found in each of us.
“The film is a trial to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements or blocks which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. We could project this idea into emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe.”
Yekaterinburg based street art team Stenograffia ain't happy with abandoned Soviet cars left by their owners all around the city. Having no regrets but spray cans and spare hands they decided to "cut off" old clutters from the streets in the way every designer will approve.
Russian Calligrafiturism artist Pokras Lampas spent 500 l of yellow paint, 1250 sq.m of calligraphy for the fabulous "F.. is for Fendi" campaign performed on the top of monumental HQ of Fendi in Rome at Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (Colosseo Quadrato)
An official Calligraffiti ambassador (and freak), Pokras Lampas is blurring the frontiers with his brushes and paint buckets. He is one of the most talented modern artists, and is totally rewriting stuff through Calligrafuturism, his personal way of expressing his version of our uber-global and sometimes-crazy world. This globetrotter is also spreading the word about modern calligraphy and collaborating with crazy cool brands and artists.
He realized the biggest Calligraffiti in Italy on FENDI rooftop at Palazzo Della Civiltà Italiana, reinterpreting the F IS FOR…manifesto throughout freedom of expression, art, culture and optimism all around!
Not only he’s a super fly freak – who happens to love Kanye West – but he is also an incredible masterpiece machine. Pokras Lampas captures, creates, interprets and simply makes magic magic.
Totally goosebumps-worthy, his time in Rome with the F is For… crew was so rad, filled with an intense, gigantic-lettered poem, shapes and lines that basically set the standard once again for what we label as authentic talent.
Rising star of Russian street, fashion and calligraphy art scene Pokras Lampas shared one of his numerous commercial projects he did for Russian flagman Nike store
Photography: Den Bychkobvsky
Leading motion artist (and resident of our upcoming Digital Decade event) Maxim Zhestkov released a new short film called "Perpetual Path". As stated by artist the film is "about the dialogue and tension between nature and technology, sound and silence, organic and artificial. Inspired by the visual language of nature, architecture and technology, the film conveys a story about the inevitable transformation of old principles through the irresistible force of time."
Directed and Animated by Maxim Zhestkov / www.zhestkov.com
Sound by Marcelo Baldin / www.combusion.studio
London-based artist Maria Tiurina added a bit of fun to the streets of the city by creating guerilla clay characters poking out of the walls
Dima Luk'yanov aka Abrakadabra creates motivating quotes by using lettering techniques and photography collages. Quite obvious idea got fresh air with his attention to details and quality of typography lines
