Lee Jung's installations

Seoul based artist Lee Jung uses neon lights in a philosophical manner. "Lee Jung was born in 1972 and currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea returning to Korea upon completed her M.A. in Photography from the Royal College of Art, UK. She also received her B.A. with honors in Photography from Kent Institute of Art & Design, UK and a B.A. with honors in Mass Communication & Journalism from Kyung Hee University in Seoul, Korea. Lee Jung most recently participated in 2010 Gwangju Biennale “10,000 Lives” under the direction of Massimiliano Gioni, the contemporary Korean photography exhibition “Chaotic Harmony” at the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston) and “Writing Paintings, Painting Words” at the Seoul Museum of Art."

Colossal Booooooom

OFFF 2012 Main Titles

Designcollector was a Media Partner for OFFF2012 festival this year and was the only online media that tried to make a life visual report from the fields with the help of Alexander Kalachev. Also we will try to make a full report this week with festival photos send us by our friends. BUT for now please watch Official Festival Titles created by Brosmind and UpperFirst. Brosmind and Upper First redefined the format, mixing cinema, illustration and 2D/3D animation with paper, adding to their highly anticipated video a double-feature comic book that was given for free, alongside plastic masks with the face of the characters, to a crowd that enjoyed all the presentation feeling that they were the real protagonists of the party.

http://vimeo.com/42614184

Also check OFFF2012 Bumpers directed by Jellycubes

http://vimeo.com/41738224

Olga Feldman Linzza - An Anatomy

I think @Radiohead or @MassiveAttackUK might be inspired as same as us by the latest and the longest project "An Anatomy" created digitally by hands of Saint-Petersburg based conceptual illustrator Olga Feldman aka Linzza. Why I mentioned Radiohead, because this work reminds me their project http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/rh/index.html with the only difference in creation - Aaron Koblin did it with code, Olga - by hands and without 3D dummies.

We had a chance to speak with Olga about her project.

DC: What was the concept behind "An atomy"? Olga: First there was no concept. All I wanted is improve my vector technic and connect it with classical anatomy studies. 3D models that I’ve used before are too rough and I refused them.

DC: What was the main challenge while creating this series?
 Olga: Once I saw that this “studies” could be joined like a puzzle . It was such a conversation between two hands at every picture – they care, love, protect each other and at the same time all of them are linked – in a human that implied. And this hands relationships are very simple, elementary. Soon, pictures became words – give, you, love and so on. Probably, this words I should say a long time ago, but I never did. This serial artwork is about a mother.

DC: How long did it take you to complete the project? Olga: It took time. I started to vectorise first picture about a year ago. Every little thing could bring me down, there were months of doing nothing between pictures, I changed title of the series three or four times, but came back to very beginning – “an atomy” – and unfortunally, there is no correct Russian analog for this title. Sometimes it seemed like I’ll never finish this work – some new details, meanings, nuances, technics appeared and made it all endless. So I just stopped.

Stas Stankovskiy

The latest finding from Russian design scene - digital manipulated photography from Stas Stankovskiy (on Behance) "I photograph in multiple genres but staged photography attracts me the most. I trust my intuition, and philosophy. This is why I try to give mystical flavour to some of my pictures. Fantasy creates capturing stories with their own rules, their own circumstances and actions. I aim to create unusual pictures which will touch your inner world and will not leave you indifferent." that what he says on personal website http://www.stas-stankovskiy.com

Particles, Light Installation

From Description: An illumination installation of seemingly floating lights that create a fantastic afterimage, this work centers around an organically spiral-shaped rail construction on which a number of balls with built-in LEDs are rolling while blinking in different time intervals, resulting in spatial drawings of light particles in all kinds of shapes. The illumination's three-dimensional design, achieved through a fusion of the rail construct's characteristic features and communication control technology, takes on various appearances depending on the viewer's position. This installation combines generally entertaining ideas and sophisticated information technology in everything from LED devices and other hardware to programming. More info: http://particles.ycam.jp/en/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xE8uy_L9dLw

Serge Marshennikov art

Realistic art of Serge Marshennikov reveals Russian beauty in all its virginity with dignity. Each painting is captivating by the play of light and other things that excite and inspire. Personally, I found his works standing out of modern figurative art, maybe because the techniques deep into the Russian classic art of 19 century.There is something between the picture and the eye that makes me to stay mesmerized and watching..

Bright Light app concept

Bright Light is an app concept for Ray-Ban (apparently a briefcase) that will help you finding the sunny spots in your city, the places where you can enjoy the sun without the visual noise of the buildings. This app can help people to get the most out of the sun and their sunglasses. Wish it exists in Saint-Petersburg!App concept is created by Eva Wallmark, Rick Beskow and Michal Sitkiewicz from Swedish Berghs School of Communication http://cargocollective.com/evarickardmichal

http://vimeo.com/41000314

ZSO-NYC

Our dear friend and valuable collaborator Sara Blake (@hellozso) launched ZSO-NYC, a store branch of personal portfolio HelloZSO.

"I'm very excited to finally announce the launch of ZSO-NYC. This project has been over a year in the making, from initial illustrations, to sampling silks, to the photoshoot, to creating custom packaging and the printed lookbook. The launch of the Tantrum Scarf is what I hope to be the first of many more projects and products. The first edition was created in a very limited run of only 50 and comes with a printed booklet and signed certificate with your edition number. All photography was shot by my dear friend John Christenson, and I served as the reluctant model. This project has been such a wonderful experience. I hope you all enjoy and perhaps even pick up your own scarf", - says Sara

Murmure

"Murmure is the 4 creatives agency based in Caen, France. They love to push the limites between graphic design and art, using unusal materials and playing with inks and printing process", - says Graphic-Exchange mentioning concrete business card and personal identity of Murmure. But we want to add here their recent project - fluorescent identity for night festival meeting "Nördik Impakt 13".

Diary of MU by Onur Senturk

Promotion video for Diary of MU directed by talented Onur Senturk. We asked Onur few questions regarding this work. DC: Who are "Diary of MU"? Onur: Diary of Mu is nonprofit organization that does interviews with artist, designers, film makers, musicians.

What was the main challenge you faced when directed this video? Onur: Technically It is my first high speed film shoot experience with set crew. On the other hand I want to reflect my point of view using a different medium. There is no CG involved in the making other than the logo in the end.

How long did you make this? Onur: Entire shooting done in one day. However it took one month preproduction production and post production.

Cinematographer : Kaan Hanoglu / Flow Studio Executive Producer: Mu Tunc Production : Ezel Domanic Model : Irmak ipek Altin Make-up : Seher Sanders Studio : Film Sokagi/Istanbul Music Company : ECHOLAB Composers : Gavin Little, Joe McHugh Sound Design : Gavin Little, Joe McHugh Film shot with Phantom high speed cameras.

http://vimeo.com/35521494

100 Frames - The A to Z of London

100 Frames is a brand new collaboration between Animator and Director - Fraser Davidson, Actor and Writer - Dan Jones and Producer - Matthew Harvey. The idea is simple - to create 4 second animation (exactly 100 frames) for each alphabet letter representing something very London-ish and special.

http://vimeo.com/41152488

http://vimeo.com/41153119

http://vimeo.com/41344421

http://vimeo.com/41152897

More to come, check Fraser Davidson's Vimeo

Anton Marrast

Gifted Russian illustrator Anton Marrast recently finished few new artworks that illustrate Gabriel Garcia Marquez stories. What I prefer in Anton's works is a perfect sense of surreal art mixed with deep thoughts of a subject and polished with awesome skills in digital techniques. We follow Anton's works since old times and were really happy to collaborate with him for our iPad Mag Zero last year. We also featured Anton works at OFFF 2011 (pity we will miss OFFF 2012 that happens in next two weeks).

Original Prints, T-shirts and other goodies are available for purchase on Anton's online store http://society6.com/Marrast