You are not Banksy by Nick Stern

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Nick Stern is an internationally acclaimed News and features photographer whose career has taken him to over 40 countries. He has contributed to a wide range of publications throughout the world including daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, books, advertising campaigns and television productions. "You Are Not Banksy" is his latest photography series full of good sarcasm and irony, reflecting artist's famous graffiti. No Banksy were harmed during the shooting.

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Say What Studio

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Say What (@saywhatstudio) is a graphic design studio based in Paris, run by Benoit Berger and Nathalie Kapagiannidi. They have few seriously strong design works and running independent zines but what attract me most is the project "Sorted By". "Sorted By" is a collection of 3 books presenting the image hunting work of 3 awesome blogs worth to follow when Daily Designcollector Tumblr is not enough. The books were designed as annual reports for the year 2011 Convoy / Sorted by category Non-Clickable Item / Sorted by colour Yimmy's Yayo / Sorted by randomness

Appcollector: Favourite Apps by Anton Repponen

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Our former Appcollector project and now the Mobile Apps category resurrects in new form with a series of quick talks with great people sharing their thoughts about best Mobile Applications. As and addition we asked everyone to participate in our Facebook survey "What are the Best Apps on your Mobile?" please share your thoughts! For now lets check the list of favourite applications using by Fantasy Interactive creative director: Anton Repponen [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last]

1. CrossProcess

Almost all the photos I take with iPhone I run through the CrossProcess App. I think it has the best colors compared to other apps doing similar color adjustments. As well as it is dead simple, without any settings, buttons, or unnecessary social stuff (like Instagram for example) [/twocol_one_last]

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2. Spotify

I listen to all my music using Spotify on iPhone. I got all my playlists synced wirelessly with the desktop version, so all the stuff that I like gets pushed automatically without a hassle of a cable and iTunes. And Spotify has an enormous collection of music, pretty much everything is there.[/twocol_one_last]

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3. Flipboard

I barely use Twitter on iPhone, usually it ends up being a list of short urls and links to random photos. I like the Flipboard approach to visualizing it and making the feed more visual. Once in a while while waiting in line I go through the feed using Flipboard.[/twocol_one_last]

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4. Kayak

I travel quite a bit, especially for work. The moment I arrive somewhere where I will stay for some period of time (such as San Francisco or Stockholm) I use Kayak to search for nearby flights to escape somewhere for a weekend. There are probably much better apps that Kayak, but that one has the best design I think.[/twocol_one_last]

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5. Svpply

I really like svpply.com. Just recently they have release an iPhone and iPad apps which a extremely well done. I get struck there for hours once in a while.[/twocol_one_last]

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BONUS

Figure App - This music-making app is freaking amazing. Comes from Swedish Propellerhead (creators of Reason). There's nothing pro about it, it's just fun sometimes to make some loops within a minute.[/twocol_one_last]

Efteling - Winter Projections by PostPanic

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Dutch agency PostPanic has been busy with 3d projections with Amsterdam agency Muse over the past year or so, but this is the first time they have been able to create something for the Netherlands.

http://vimeo.com/32959248

More details on the project

Director: Matthijs Joor Production Company: PostPanic Agency: Muse

Semi-Permanent titles by GMUNK

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Munkowitz first participated at the Semi-Permanent Sydney conference back in 2004 as an alternate to a last-minute cancellation named Nando Costa.. So when Andrew and Murray invited him to design their 10th anniversary Title sequence in addition to participating in both their 2012 Sydney and Auckland events, it was an offer he couldn't refuse Read more about the work on http://work.gmunk.com/Semi-Permanent

http://vimeo.com/41954766

Director: Bradley G Munkowitz Director of Photography: Kevin Gosselin

Synthoxide illustration

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Young American artist and illustrator Kimberly Bicknese shares gorgeous and really mature artworks through personal portfolio on synthoxide.net "The artwork that I compose primarily revolves around certain concepts that relates to people in general, such as mental illnesses, disorders, human emotions, desires and wishes, dreams, and anything else that essentially makes us who we are. Depicting such things allows me to record what many others around the world are feeling during certain points in their lives."

Collapse by Selfburning

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Russian duo SELFBURNING released a new short experimental motion work "Collapse". We've asked guys to speak a little about the project: DC: What is this video about? Selfburning: It shows catastrophically rapid contraction of the body under the influence of a strange force.

DC: What was the main challenge while directing this video? Selfburning: I was searching for a visual style that would not require long render sequence. So I was able to spend more time on the setup of the particles and animate objects.

DC: How long did you make this? Selfburning: Usually I do all in parallel with other projects and work. Customary I begin,then put aside, then start again,and so untill I finished conceived. Therefore, it took somewhere 3 months.

http://vimeo.com/42397960

Arthur Alimguzin's art

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There are few works on Arthur Alimguzin's portfolio and maybe because of this I feel a hunger for his hyper-realistic drawing. Frankly speaking there are only three works that will be never enough and of course they are worth to watch and enjoyhttp://alimguzin.com http://www.behance.net/goodja

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=YSKJGSwVv-s

Sara Blake for DCMag 2

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Designcollector is revealing a sneak peek of artwork created by Sara Blake for upcoming Designcollector Magazine #2 - DCMAG.NETThis time we challenged selected artist to make a cover versions of other artists that contributes to DCMAG, so called battle "Artist vs. Artist" will spread on pages of this small and brave magazine. Meanwhile we are asking you to become a sponsor or support us to be able to release DCMAG in time http://dcmag.net/support and of course we are looking for contribution authors or artists, in any case please contact us by designcollector@gmail.com

We asked Sara Blake to make a cover version on Oleg Dou's artworks - the results are amazing.That what she writes on personal blog:

"To follow the first issue of the printed magazine for friends at Design Collector, I was invited to collaborate with the amazing, incredible, fantasic Oleg Dou for the second issue coming this summer. I've been mesmerized by Oleg's imagery for some time now. I never knew quite how to categorize his art for myself. I've always gravitated to more handmade work even if it's finished digitally. I feel that same handmade quality in Oleg's work, despite its more digital guise at first glance. In Oleg's words, "I'm an artist, but sometimes, some people call me a photographer. It's not true. I'm an artist who uses photography as a medium for my works." (Check out the full video of Oleg's work process presented by Adobe here.)

I had Oleg's hi-res files for Masha and White (below) for over a month and toyed with several ideas for a collaboration. I have to admit I was a little stumped for a bit. I had thought to do a "tear-out" effect and only illustrate certain features of his characters and place them over the original. I had thought also to embellish filligree in the negative space and lightly over the face... the usual fair of illustration/photographic collaboration. After sketching and brainstorming however, I reallized anything I were to add to Oleg's originals would not be an improvement, but would instead detract from their simplicity and power. I didn't want to tamper. Let a good thing alone—they were perfect as they stood. Instead I decided to create illustration "based" on his pieces, redrawn in my style, whatever that means. The two would sit side by side for a spread. The following 2 images were created quickly in a few hours (pencil, watercolor, digital). They will appear in the second issue of Design Collector Magazine, along with more artist collaborations from some friends. Huge thanks to Design Collector and to Oleg for having the trust to let me mess with his beautiful work."