Contemporary Design Conjures the Russian Avant-Garde: Elit Proun Bar

May 11, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Interior Design, Photography, United Kingdom, 2018

"Inspired by El Lissitzky, a key figure of the Russian avant-gardemovement in the early 20th century, ELIT PROUN BAR is the result of a creative collaboration between London-based architectural practice Carmody Groarke and Wallpaper* Handmade. Part art, part architecture, it was developed under the auspices of elit® Vodka, a platinum, award-winning premium vodka, and unveiled at Wallpaper* Handmade’s “Wellness & Wonder” exhibition during Milan Design Week 2018, taking centre stage in the Mediateca Santa Teresa, an 18th century baroque church turned into digital library."

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Hype Cycle: Machine Learning by Universal Everything

May 09, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, United Kingdom, Agencies, Digital Art, 2018

Hype Cycle is a series of futurist films exploring human-machine collaboration through performance and emerging technologies.

Machine Learning is the second set of films in the Hype Cycle series. It builds on the studio’s past experiments with motion studies, and asks: when will machines achieve human agility?

Set in a spacious, well-worn dance studio, a dancer teaches a series of robots how to move. As the robots’ abilities develop from shaky mimicry to composed mastery, a physical dialogue emerges between man and machine – mimicking, balancing, challenging, competing, outmanoeuvring.

Can the robot keep up with the dancer? At what point does the robot outperform the dancer? Would a robot ever perform just for pleasure? Does giving a machine a name give it a soul?

These human-machine interactions from Universal Everything are inspired by the Hype Cycle trend graphs produced by Gartner Research, a valiant attempt to predict future expectations and disillusionments as new technologies come to market.

Creative Director: Matt Pyke
Animation: Joe Street
Sound Designer: Simon Pyke (Freefarm)
Senior Producer: Greg Povey
Motion Capture: Audio Motion
Dancer /Choreographer: Dwayne-Antony Simms

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Paintings by Esther Brown

May 01, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Esther Brown is a British/South African artist and designer born and raised in Japan, currently settled and working in the UK. She completed a BA HONS in Fine Art in 2014, worked as a print designer and has won an award for her drawings.

Gleaning elements from her multicultural background, Esther’s work is based around the concepts of symmetry, beauty and Utopia. Brightly coloured birds sit on a background of patterns and golden halos, and animals are surrounded by a wreath of voluptuous flowers and butterflies. Her pieces often reflect the conflict between animals in decorative spaces and the desire for all nature to be wild and free. Both the small fragile creatures and those creatures considered more powerful are depicted and upheld in an other-worldly utopian environment, where their beauty and uniqueness is to be celebrated.

@estherbrownart

Gumshoe - shoes made of chewing gum

April 26, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Portfolios, Netherlands, United Kingdom, 2018

While some populists use "There is no Planet B" phrase without real input, guys from Amsterdam went further to prove the actual meaning behind that saying as "Start it from yourself". As we tried to think of "..Planet B" from visual perspective during our Digital Decade 4, in 2016, nearly in the same time GUM-TEC created the backward process to extract actual rubber from chewing gum (yes, it is no more an eco-tree rubber). Later on they were baked by Amsterdam official "I AmSterdam" municipal group and asked designers from EXPLICIT to come back with a pair of recycled sneakers "Gumshoe". Real shoes are ready for pre-order now

Gum Drop Bin was an actual diploma of Gumshoe designer Anna Bullus at Brighton Uni, UK

SOUP – Refused © Mandy Barker. Ingredients; plastic oceanic debris affected by chewing and attempted ingestion by animals. Includes a toothpaste tube. Additives; teeth from goats.

A(rt)wful plastic debris photographed by Mandy Barker

April 20, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

"Photographer Mandy Barker creates deceptively eye-catching images to document the pandemic of plastic debris in the world’s waterways. Barker, who is based in Leeds, UK, works closely with scientists to collect trash from our oceans and beaches on the edges of nearly every continent. One research expedition covered the debris field (stretching to Hawaii) that resulted from Japan’s 2011 tsunami and earthquake; she has also explored the Inner Hebrides in Scotland with Greenpeace." (see also Trash Isles)

@mandybarkerphotography

Zaha Hadid – The Capital Hill Residence

April 18, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, United Kingdom, 2018

When a residential project in collaboration with Zaha Hadid did not receive approval by the local Moscow legislature, Vladislav Doronin was determined to work with Dame Hadid and subsequently commissioned her to design a residence for him. Over a lunch meeting they discussed the brief, ‘floating above the treetops, overlooking the forest’ and Zaha Hadid sketched her ideas onto a napkin. The result was the Capital Hill Residence, a fluid monument emerging from its surrounding landscape.

FIELD - Hidden Layer

April 10, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Digital Art, Motioncollector, United Kingdom, 2018

In a new experimental short film, FIELD explore how human identity could change as a result of artificial intelligence.

"Hidden Layer looks at the way neural networks augment our identities and change the way we think and behave. With AI increasing its influence on the decisions we make and the information we digest, how will algorithmic structures infiltrate and influence human concepts of self? What happens to AI - augmented humans if the structures they rely on collapse?

Often described in terms of what it can do for us, a neural network is complex, self-evolving and dynamic. It is also capable of decision-making autonomously, without human intervention. As such, artificial intelligence algorithms can be understood both as a way to analyse today’s complex world and as beings distinct from human influence.

The name Hidden Layer comes from a term used in the development of artificial neural networks. The Hidden Layer is neither seen nor understood by humans; it is the part of the network in which the main computation driving the network is done. Hidden Layer is part of FIELD’s broader series of works titled Second Nature, which examines Machine Learning as an entity."

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London based digital art studio FIELD work at the intersection of art, technology and design, and explore “colour, life, and infinity though new technology and a research-led approach - creating high-tech experiences with a human touch”. FIELD create expressive and dynamic artworks for digital platforms, including audiovisual installations, digital artefacts, and interactive films. FIELD are known for their unique approach to aesthetics, blending the latest digital technologies with nature and human subjects. FIELD’s body of work takes many different shapes, from apps to installations. Their work Energy Flow is an app experience weaving animated story lines into audiovisual pieces that change endlessly and is different for each viewer.

It was listed among the best apps from The Guardian Technology blog. For Deutsche Bank, FIELD collaborated with Universal Everything to create a large-scale installation using a 12-metre wide screen with atmospheric cityscapes, hand-drawn scenes, patterns and landscape animations that were generated in realtime that made every iteration unique. The studio collaborates with cultural institutions and global brands on commissioned artworks and generative design solutions, including Nike, Deutsche Bank, HP, Nokia, GE, and AOL. Their work has been exhibited at cultural institutions and galleries internationally, including at La Gaîté Lyrique, Paris; The China Museum for Digital Art, Beijing; and The British Library, London. FIELD has also been included in festival programs at Ars Electronica and onedotzero.

Michael Driver Illustrations

April 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Mike Driver, a London, based freelance illustrator, currently represented by MP Arts. "His textural and brightly-hued work, full of long-limbed characters is a joy to look at. Their crispness and clarity suits print wonderfully but his use of both digital and analogue techniques keeps things interesting."

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The Squash at Tate by Anthea Hamilton/Jonathan Anderson

Tate Britain

March 29, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, United Kingdom, Fashion, 2018

LOEWE collaborates with artist Anthea Hamilton on the Tate Britain Commission 2018: The Squash.

The Squash is an immersive installation combining performance and sculpture by 2016 Turner Prize nominee Anthea Hamilton. The artist has designed seven costumes in collaboration with LOEWE Creative Director Jonathan Anderson to be worn by the performers. The Squash has been created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, which invites contemporary British artists to create new artwork in response to the grand space of the Duveen Galleries.

“It’s kind of surreal to see it, especially when you come in here with the Pre-Raphaelites. I saw this show that Anthea did with Hepworth, which was about reassembling Kettle’s Yard’s collection and re-contextualising it. You know, when you see all of this together, it can kind of become a bit… heavy.”

— Jonathan Anderson

Direct Painting Group has laid over 7000 white ceramic tiles for the design background of Anthea's exhibition.

@jonathan.anderson

Studio BLUP for Adidas Winter Olympics Team GB

March 27, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Advertising, Agencies, Branding, Graphic Design, United Kingdom, 2018, Glitch

London-based Studio BLUP has recently updated their nobles folio with a commission done for Adidas online campaign aimed to promote Team GB at Winter Olympics

The Brief
To create the social marketing material for Adidas's officia Winter Olympics Kit launch.

The BLUP way
There aren't many household names who represent GB in the Winter Olympics so there were no sports celebs to base the kit launch around. Thinking The Blup Way we decided to focus on the kit with no model at all giving each piece its own identity through a series of still and motion graphics. The soundtrack we added aims to act like an 'epic' movie trailer in order to create a dark, icy impact.

@studio_blup

Jose Cuervo Celebration by Brian Williams

March 27, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Mexico, Motioncollector, Advertising, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

They tried to bury us, they didn't know we were seeds

Shot by Brian Williams in the town of Tequila, the film is about more than just capturing the heart of a place, its people, or even the brand

“Every now and again a job comes along that makes you remember why you love making films so much. Boys & Girls asked me to travel to the heart of Mexico to make a film for Jose Cuervo in the town of Tequila. Our mission, to capture the spirit of Jose Cuervo, the town and its people. This is the result and it became more than just a film for me, it was a trip I will always remember and a group of people I’ll never forget. Everybody mucked in to make this as special as it really was.”

— Brian Williams

Exec Producer: Michael Duffy
Producer: Dara McClatchie [Sound Recordist]
Director: Brian Williams
DoP: Joseph Ingersoll & Brian Williams
Editor: David Blake Run Robot
Music & Sound Design: Denis Kilty
Grade: MPC London
Post: SUPER 68

Client: Jose Cuervo
Agency: Boys and Girls
Creative Director: Laurence O’Byrne [Lighting Department]
Creative: Colm Coonagh [C Camera]
Account Director: Caroline Keogh [Camera Dept]
Copy: Rory Hamilton
Agency Producer: Derek Doyle [Key Grip]
Production Company: Butter

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Motion Art of Peter Tomaszewicz

March 23, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Peter Tomaszewicz is a talented digital artist and motion graphics designer based in London. Check his latest works below, you won't be dissapointed

@petertomaszewicz

EMPOWERMENT: Exhibition by Creative Debuts ╳ Nasty Women

Creative Debuts

March 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Events, Motioncollector, United Kingdom, 2018

Our friends and partners Creative Debuts are famous for organising neat art events in London being the gatekeepers of the creative scene online. To celebrate International Women’s Day they joined forces with Nasty Women movement to celebrate the work of international feminist artists.

Artists Exhibited

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Art of Lorna Simpson

Hauser & Wirth London

March 07, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Lorna Simpson’s inaugural exhibition at Hauser & Wirth London, ‘Unanswerable’, features new and recent work across three different media: painting, photographic collage and sculpture. Simpson came to prominence in the 1980s through her pioneering approach to conceptual photography, which featured striking juxtapositions of text and staged images and raised questions about the nature of representation, identity, gender, race and history. These concerns are reflected throughout the exhibition to present the artist’s expanding and increasingly multi-disciplinary practice today

Lorna Simpson: Unanswerable is on view at Hauser & Wirth, London, through April 28.

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Exhibition

Knitted Camouflage

February 22, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Lifestyle, Photography, United Kingdom, 2018

A unique art project created by collaboration between London-based photographer Joseph Ford, street artist Monsieur Chat, and knitter Nina Dodd.

The Burberry February 2018 Runway Show, London

February 18, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Fashion, United Kingdom, Motioncollector, 2018

An adventurous last show from the form-breaking British designer Christopher Bailey who reinvented Burberry

Time. Reflecting the past. Celebrating the present. Heralding the future. A patchwork of characters and identities. A riot of colour. Traditional techniques reimagined to create exquisite new finishes, rediscovered pieces made new.

P.s.
It is not clear wether United Visual Arts were involved to the show or not but the pendulum light installation was definitely inspired by UVA's "Our Time" project from 2016

Chubby Hearts over London by Anya Hindmarch

February 16, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, United Kingdom, Street Art, 2018

Chubby Hearts Over London is a design project conceived by Anya Hindmarch as a love letter to London and supported by the Mayor of London, the British Fashion Council and the City of Westminster.

Starting on Valentine's Day and continuing throughout London Fashion Week, giant chubby heart balloons will be suspended over (and sometimes squashed within) London landmarks as a declaration of love to the city. The balloons will disappear each evening and appear again in a different location the next day.

@anyahindmarch

P.s. This might remind "Red Ball" project by Kurt Perschke to some of you

Artist Carl Beazley

February 14, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Discovering new artist is always a sport but doing it together with our new partners Creative Debuts makes it a pleasant competition. Here is Carl Beazley whose art struggles through "figurative", "surreal" labels one can attach to his personal experiments born in an attempt to find something completely original and unique.

@carlbeazleyart

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The Darkest Building on Earth: Hyundai Pavilion covered with Vantablack VBx2

February 10, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, South Korea, United Kingdom, Art, 2018

"London-based architecture practice Asif Khan have unveiled their latest project, a super-black pavilion entirely coated in Vantablack VBx2 at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 in South Korea. The building’s exterior is illuminated by a field of stars that appear to float in mid-air. Hyundai Motor has commissioned the pavilion as part of a global mobility initiative."

"The structure’s 10-metre-high parabolic facades are coated with a super black material: Vantablack VBx2, a derivative of the original Vantablack, making it the world’s largest continuous nanostructure. The matt black material is able to absorb 99% of the light that hits its surface, diminishing its three dimensionality and creating the illusion of a startling black void in broad daylight. The facades of the pavilion are punctuated by thousands of tiny white lights which, during the day, simulate the view into space from that point on earth."

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"Inside the 35m x 35m structure, Khan has designed a vast ‘water room’ – a multi-sensory hydrophobic water installation which emits 25,000 singular water droplets every minute. Visitor interaction with a series of haptic sensors creates new rhythms as droplets continually collide, join, and split across the water landscape, which appears like a city viewed from space. These flows of individual droplets col-lect, grow and build into a ‘lake’ which drains and reappears in the space of minutes."

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"Asif Khan has been working with the manufacturers of Vantablack since 2013 and proposed its use in his shortlisted proposal for the UK Pavilion at Milan Expo 2015. Asif Khan’s super-black building at the 2018 Winter Olympics follows his designs for Coca-Cola’s landmark pavilion at the 2012 London Olympic Games and the MegaFaces pavilion at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics."

Alice Conisbee

February 02, 2018 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Digital Decade, Illustration, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2018

Young British electronic artist Alice Conisbee already established her own style with the flashbacks to early-Anime graphics. Worth to mention Alice is a winner of Ello x Designcollector digital art competition and exhibited in London at our own Digital Decade 5: Cyberia last year

Limited Edition Print

Available in London

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@coniaii