VAL

From February 15, 2013 to February 15 of this year, designer Simon Graham documented his life—first-person style—with his phone. Val, the name of Graham's resulting documentary, comes from both the artist’s mother’s and son’s full names. It serves as a commemoration to both Valerie Sheppard and Leonard Valentino Graham, who passed away and were born, respectively, in Graham’s single year of documentation. In Graham’s own words, he felt the name “truly represents this crazy circle of life” we live in.

Being a fan of documenting every day a second I am completely interested in the way Graham did his video. All the photos are hand stabilised and taken as a batch using iPhone.

http://vimeo.com/90479247

Emoji Nation by Nastya Ptichek

Kiev-based young artist Nastya Ptichek shoot out with an artistic coverage of a hot topic: emoji and a life around modern mobile messengers, interpreter over classic art of Edward Hopper. View full series on Behance and Tumblr profiles of Nastya

After enormous success on the blogosphere Nastya's works has been featured by Dazed-n-Confused, Buzzfeed, Wired and eve Time Magazine she decided to rollout the 5th instalment of Emojii Nation.

Please view previous series on nastya-ptichek.tumblr.com

Atlas of Prejudice

You may remember Yanko Tsvetkov doing bright infographics "Europe according to..", later he released a book "Atlas of Prejudice" and already has 2 of it available from www.atlasofprejudice.com

Click to see the large version

Chineasy

When ShaoLan Hsueh realised her children didn't have the patience to learn Chinese, she wanted to simplify it for them – so she worked with graphic artist Noma Bar on a new book that turns a fiendish world into a visual treat called Chineasy. It is a visual-based learning system which teaches Chinese characters, simple stories & phrases. This building block system allows learners learn speedily with great fun enjoying Chinese history, classical and pop culture.

Beside the beautiful website full of colourful illustrations you can order a book on iTunes (few left as a hardcopy here) that ShaoLan has kickstartered a few months ago to keep Chinese easy for everyone.

Visual Overdose: Selection 3, 2014

For the last few years we have been using Tumblr platform as Daily Visual Overdose. This year we decided to sum up each month of our Tumblr live on video and here is the Third Movie (view 1st and the 2nd) we created for you! Enjoy and follow us on Tumblr

Music by Tame Impala

All Images are Courtesy of their respective owners and have been published on Daily.Designcollector.net

The Giant Street Eraser

For their Street Eraser project artists Tayfun Sarier and Guus ter Beek (who both work at Wieden+Kennedy) created giant adhesive stickers that look like the eraser tool in Photoshop. Once applied to advertisements, graffiti and other objects it appears as if the surface is being erased, revealing Photoshop’s checkerboard background signifying a blank canvas.via Colossal

Paint Showers

Paint Showers is beautiful animated short directed and animated by LA-based Miguel Jiron. Filmed back in 2011, the piece was made by photographing sequences of paint drips and splashes which were then set to sounds of rain creating an otherworldly thunderstorm of paint.via Colossal

http://vimeo.com/26404699

Damien Vignaux Showreel 2014

Berlin-based fashion photographer and director Damien Vignaux aka Elroy released his latest Showreel made once for clients-only, now available for public.

Eevien Tan illustration

Talented Australian illustrator Eevien Tan works in neo-classic manner with a slight asian "manga" touch

International Fashion Alphabet

That's not might be useful for graphic designer but definitely essential for any fashion blogger - Alphabet of Fashion Designer(worth to mention our freshly built Tumblr aggregating top fashion Instagrams - Instafashionistas). Directed by Barnaby Roper, styled by Michelle Cameron and narrated by lush lips Lindsey Wixson and her talking robot, the A-Z of Pronunciation stars a worldwide cast including Esmerelda Seay-Reynolds from USA, Grace Bol from Sudan, Grace Mahary from Canada, Hanne Gaby Odiele from Belgium, Josephine Skriver from Denmark, Sigrid Agren from France, Soo Joo from South Korea, Tao Okamoto from Japan, Tilda Lindstam from Sweden and Xiao Wen Ju from China. You can even won a prize if can spell last name correctly, check iD Magazine for this.

Birds Eye View of Saint-Petersburg

When you live in the on of the most beautiful cities in the world, you have a responsibility to be in line with it style, legend and soul. If speaking about StPete, "he" is earnest middle-age man with a deeply intellectual soul, but with the mouth shut up due to circumstances happened in the latest century. For now, let's enjoy the birds eye view of the immortal city that never gives a shit. Video directed by Sergey Rostovtsev

Huge Mural by Sean Sullivan

"After 7 long months of obsessively scribbling away on a large wall, artist Sean Sullivan “threw in the towel,” in part because he had exceeded his allotted time period by 4 months! The resulting mural was “Grand Pale Maw,” an expansive wall drawing that encompassed the entire rear corridor space of LACE in LA. Grand Pale Maw—Sullivan’s first large scale mural—was on display only through January 2012 but thanks to these photos documenting the process we can still ogle over them. " via Colossal

Andrey Samsonov art

I nearly like all bits of paintings done by Russian artist Andrey Samsonov (on Behance)

AURORA FASHION WEEK FW 14/15

Designcollector is happy to support Saint-Petersburg Aurora Fashion Week FW 14/15. AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia was initiated as one of the key events within Russian federal and regional program in culture and fashion industry. This time the programme extended to 4 events: AFW itself presenting 13 new Russian and worldwide designers; White Night Shopping; AURORA Market and Food Festival "ODA!EDA!". The main event will take place in Russian Academy of Arts - Rafael and Titian Spaces - and I hope it will be another time to enjoy the impressive juxtaposition of classic environment and modern catwalk. We will keep you updated with Online Live video and photo reports in a few weeks.

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Международная Неделя моды в Петербурге AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia сезона FW 14/15 пройдет с 7 по 13 апреля 2014 года и станет событием федерального значения.

Программа Недели будет включать в себя четыре мероприятия городского масштаба: ночь шопинга WHITE NIGHT SHOPPING, 13 показов ведущих российских и иностранных дизайнеров, fashion & beauty фестиваль AURORA MARKET, «ОДА! ЕДА!» в ресторанах Петербурга.

5 апреля в преддверии Недели моды состоится ночь шопинга WHITE NIGHT SHOPPING, в рамках которой более 100 бутиков Северной столицы реализуют для своих клиентов специальную программу: предложения по скидкам на коллекции текущего сезона, ворк-шопы и мастер-классы. WHITE NIGHT SHOPPING пройдет с большим размахом и задействует широкий сегмент модной индустрии, включая масс-маркет и премиальные бренды и бутики.

В рамках подиумной программы в синергии с классическим искусством Рафаэлевского и Тициановского залов Музея Российской Академии Художеств состоятся 13 показов самых актуальных дизайнеров: петербургских и российских, а также известных и авангардных иностранных, уже завоевавших расположение российских и зарубежных редакторов моды, байеров и трендсеттеров.

Так, в этом сезоне состоятся премьерные показы таких брендов как Walk of Shame, Esme Vie, Bevza и Ksenia Schnaider. Московский бренд Walk of Shame, проект дизайнера Андрея Артёмова, привлекает внимание самых разных трендсеттеров: в одежде марки были замечены Келли Роуленд, Наталья Гольденберг, Екатерина Мухина, Алёна Долецкая, Дарья Веледеева, Ксения Собчак и другие. Вещи бренда продаются в лучших магазинах Москвы – ЦУМ, Цветной, Kuznetsky Most 20, – а также в интернет-магазине Opening Ceremony. О марке регулярно пишут издания Vogue, Elle, Interview Russia.

В 2013 году Франка Соццани и Сюзи Менкес, легендарные для мира моды фигуры, выбрали марку Esme Vie победителем конкурса молодых дизайнеров «Who Is On Next». Авторитетные журналисты сравнивают работы этого бренда с лучшими творениями Живанши, Баленсиаги и Диора. Уже сейчас платья Esme Vie можно найти в универмаге Harrods и на Moda Operandi.

Марка Bevza – один из флагманов украинской моды. Коллекция бренда регулярно представляется в рамках London Fashion Week; 2014 год начался для Bevza с презентации в шоу-руме проекта Vogue Talents (Милан) и участия в выставке Art Georgia (Париж).

Лаконичные силуэты и смелые дизайнерские решения ставят марку в один ряд с такими брендами, как Celine. Также традиционно на Неделе моды будут представлены самые актуальные петербургские дизайнеры, среди которых Osome2some, Lilia Kisselenko, Liza Odinokikh, Artem Shumov, Jana Segetti, Milla Berillo и другие. В рамках Недели также состоится специальный показ сценических костюмов из оперы "Летучий Голландец". Проект Aurora Fashion Week и Михайловского театра.

Международная конференция о модном бизнесе FASHIONOMICA будет представлять образовательный блок на AURORA MARKET, состоящий из большой программы мастер-классов и интерактивных презентаций, посвященных моде и красоте. Для посетителей фестиваля будут работать профессиональные стилисты, которые помогут разобраться в модных трендах и новинках, представленных на мероприятии. Также будет организована работа фотостудии, где гости смогут запечатлеть не только приобретенный и созданный в Beauty Bar образ, но и выступить в качестве модели модной съемки для журнала. Еще большую уникальность событию придаст демонстрация производства аксессуаров на 3D-принтере, которые после «шоу» можно будет приобрести.

Приятным бонусом этого сезона станет фестиваль еды «ОДА! ЕДА!» в ресторанах Петербурга - в течение недели с 5 по 13 апреля гостей ресторанов-участников фестиваля еды будут ждать особенные блюда в концепции slow food/easy meal, также скидки и специальные предложения для посетителей с пригласительным билетом на Неделю моды или профессиональной аккредитацией.

Профессиональная программа Недели моды включает в себя посещение шоу-румов дизайнеров-участников, а также коктейлей afterwork hours в отеле W St. Petersburg, бранчи для дизайнеров и прессы, визиты в ключевые бутики Петербурга и другие события.

Стратегический партнер AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia – Аксель-Моторс Север – официальный дилер MINI, официальный телекоммуникационный партнер – «МегаФон», официальный beauty-партнер - Oriflame.

Компания AURORA осуществляет управление проектами в сфере современной культуры, среди которых Международная Неделя моды в Петербурге AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia, fashion & beauty фестиваль AURORA MARKET, летний и рождественский фестиваль еды «ОДА! ЕДА», школа FRONT ROW, шопинг-фестиваль WHITE NIGHT SHOPPING, конференция FASHIONOMICA, фестиваль модного кино ASVOFF St. Petersburg и ASVOFF Vladivostok, выставочные проекты и другие.

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Greg Papove

Greg Papove is a designer based in Vancouver, British Columbia who works on a different urban and home project with a great sense of humour and humanity

Mary Jane Ansell art

UK-based award-winning figurative artist Mary Jane Ansell shares her latest artwork on maryjaneansell.com. With a love of intriguing narratives and in catching a contained but dramatic moment Mary Jane's work draws influences from a multitude of inspirations, from classical portraiture to the world of haute couture and with an appreciation for a refined technique that invokes the past but with a resolutely modern viewpoint.

Have A Nice Grey

"Have a Nice Grey" is a digital playground for the street artist Tim Young born and living in Germany. His canvas is unlimited, thus can be a street wall or a piece of cardboard. Mixing stencil techniques, collages and some grey magic Tim creates meaningful artworks

IKEA PS Collection 2014

I post this just because it flows my way of mobile living and contemporary furniture design. Take a look on the latest IKEA PS 2014 collection, themed “On the Move,” created specifically for the young, urban crowd living in smaller spaces. The collection was inspired by homes – and homeowners – that are in constant motion. Below we post some pictures from the collection and you can also read a series of interviews done by Core77 portal with IKEA PS designers.

Livio Scarpella sculpture

Modern italian sculptor Livio Scarpella shares some beautiful works from his Facebook profile

Wes Anderson Centred

I have not watched much of Wes Anderson films, but in Grand Hotel Budapest I was really impressed by the quality of each frame, colour and the amazing transitions he uses. Few days later I found a video that explained much of Wes' perfectionism - UK based director Kogonada did a nice research for Anderson's love to symmetry and centred composition.

P.s. One can point that Wes was inspired by Stanley Kubrick way of building a frame, so mister Kogonada has also explained master's obsession in a centred composition a year ago here