Alexandre Korobov illustrations

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Originally from StPete Alexandre Korobov is a young illustrator based in Paris. He creates illustrations full of colours, saturated, photo-realistic, at times acid and ironical, the obsessions of the time finding their way into his commissioned work. He also seeks to revisit illustration techniques of the past by using a mix of electronic processing, pencils and overlay inks. Find his HUGE and EPIC fashion illustration portfolio on www.behance.net/alexandrekorobov and follow him over on Facebook

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A Girl Named Elastika

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Animated by Guillaume Blanchet, this new stop-motion short called A Girl Named Elastica tells the brief story of a girl who leaves her home to adventures around the world. This stop-motion made of typical office rubbers and pin will melt your heart and inspire a lot. Fore new updates follow Guillaume over on Facebook

http://vimeo.com/90603521

Monument Valley Game App

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You don't need a special announce to mention the rocket start of a new iOS game "Monument Valley". Designers from "the creative silicon valley" - Shoreditch, London forming the agency UTSWO released the game being inspired by the surreal world of M.C. Escher.

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"Monument Valley is an elegant puzzle game where you guide a young princess, Ida, through a maze of ruined monuments. You manipulate the landscape to let Ida get from place to place, using optical illusions to your advantage – as in Monument Valley, when walkways appear to line up, Ida can walk along them – even when you know that they really don't." via Digital Arts

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Official Trailer:

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Behind the scenes:

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In these films they explain how the works of MC Escher and the architecture of ancient temples inspired both Ken's visuals and way the game is played.

The team also revealed their favourite things about the game and its creation in the video below.

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Nois7

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"Robert Jahns, better known as nois7, has casually been manipulating photos to create surreal, impossible situations for some time now. Featured throughout much of his work are cities – bold old and new – infused with extremes, from the frozen canals of Venice to skateboarding the skyline of New York City. While the idea itself is not necessarily new, the execution is very well done, leaving the viewer with a sense of awe." via Highsnobiety nois7-8

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AKQA Announces 2014 Future Lions Call for Entries

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The Future Depends on How Far You Can Rise

The Future Lions global student creative competition has issued its 2014 call for entries. In collaboration with the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, AKQA is hosting Future Lions for the ninth year in a row. This year’s theme, ‘Rise’, encourages students to ascend to greatness and create the future.

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In celebration of the competition’s focus on creativity and innovation, AKQA has officially partnered with Google to bring Future Lions 2014 to life.

The annual Future Lions competition challenges students to come up with an idea that was not possible five years ago, for a brand of their choosing. There are no rules in terms of media or technology, and no specifics around product, service, or target audience. The deadline for entries is April 21, 2014 at 18:00 GMT.

Winning ideas will be honoured at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 16:00 CET in the Grand Audi Theatre at Les Palais des Festivals.

“Future Lions is an incredible opportunity for students to demonstrate their creativity on the industry’s most prestigious global stage,” said Rei Inamoto, AKQA VP/Chief Creative Officer. “This year, with the theme ‘Rise’, we’re challenging students to ascend to greatness by giving them an opportunity to shape the future with their ideas, and kick-start their careers.”

VAL

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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.

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http://vimeo.com/90479247

Emoji Nation by Nastya Ptichek

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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

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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.

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

Chineasy

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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.

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Visual Overdose: Selection 3, 2014

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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

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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

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