11 Years and counting!

It's been a year since I did the Digital Decade exhibition to celebrate our Anniversary. Today it is a kind of a milestone for our social activity as we just about to hit 40K followers on Facebook. I decided to level down the celebration this year but for sure will do some interesting collaborations in future! Stay tuned!

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P.s. Cake image was taken from PKP Blog and it's technically incorrect for our date but I love it so much! Roaring Twenties!

Geometric Reflections by Victoria Siemer

Victoria Siemer aka Witchoria is a graphic designer and a photographer who lives in New York. In her latest series entitled Geometric Reflections, she shots beautiful natural landscapes, peaceful mountains and green hills. Then she added a geometrical form in the picture, reflecting it like a mirror and giving so an awesome surrealistic look to the photo.

Henrik Purienne Photography

Fashion photographer and editor-in-chief at Mirage Magazine Henrik Purienne has enough to say by uploading shots on Tumblr and Instagram

Marc Dennis inception art

Marc Dennis’ hyperrealistic paintings are centered around the gaze and ideal for viewers who enjoy spending a lot of time with a single work of art. Layered with symbol upon symbol, it’s apparent that there are two subjects featured in any one of his complex compositions – the person who does the looking and the object that’s being looked at.

I saturate my paintings with truths and suggestions about human behavior, ways of looking, and the psychological, spiritual and physical relationships we have with art. Walter Benjamin, the famous social critic once said, “To experience the aura of a phenomenon means to invest it with the capability of returning the gaze.” I believe that we, as viewers and art lovers, are eager and more pleased when it happens, to find ourselves, or some semblance of ourselves in a work of art. In other words, I do my part in “returning the gaze” that Benjamin speaks of. And in this hyper self-conscious, glamour-driven, sexually-inflated and media-obsessed art culture of today, my works are satirical yet sincere, artificial yet real, and most definitely loaded with personal symbolism yet public pomp — a timely combination and expression.

From interview at Hi Fructose

AURORA FASHION WEEK Russia FW 14/15 Online

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. The main event is taking a place in Russian Academy of Arts – Rafael and Titian Spaces.Watch AFW videos below!

First Day | 9 April

Second Day | 10 April

Third Day | 11 April

AFWRussia Photogallery

Classics Vs Plastics

There is a tendency in today's world, associated with plastic surgery craze. Many people have a severe psychological dependence chasing the elusive perception of beauty. A person falls under the plastic surgeon's scalpel again and again. It seems that we have forgotten the simple truth that each of us is perfect and unique from birth.

CLASSICS VS PLASTICS is non-profit social project reminding the public about the problem of depence from the plastic surgery. Because the natural beauty is more important than imaginary aestetic standarts. How we are bringing this idea? Quoting the truly great men — the classics of their time.

Project team:
Pokras Lampas Calligraphy artist
Alexey Kuzin make-up artist
Alex Tsvetkov photographer
Artem Sanin model
Chris Strange model
Igor Duibanov brand-designer
Ilya Tekhlikidi creative producer
Zaal Danelia director & cameraman

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Chris LaBrooy

Talented digital designer Chris LaBrooy makes 3D as a state of art with his new personal works

Illustration for every day

Brazilian illustrator and DeviantArt user Gabriel Picolo has embarked on a year-long project to draw a doodle everyday for 365 days. The results are stunning.

TAVO Studio

Once, I was happy to watch the works of TAVO studio in live on MAD 2011 festival. Today I am also happy to share the agency showreel and titles Madrid-based studio did for TYPOMAD

Shape - A Film About Design

Presented by Pivot Dublin and Dublin City Council and directed by Johnny Kelly a short film "Shape" is a project to get young people thinking about how the world is made around them and where design fits in.

http://vimeo.com/90208216

Alexandre Korobov illustrations

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

360 Panoramic Tiny World

"German photographer and journalist Jonas Ginter created a sweet panoramic camera rig using 6 GoPro cameras that he mounted above his bicycle and car. The resulting video makes it appear as though he’s pedalling around a tiny world." via Colossal

http://vimeo.com/90312869

A Girl Named Elastika

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

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.

"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

Official Trailer:

Behind the scenes:

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.

Nois7

"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

Ilya Kuvshinov illustrations

Enter the sc-fi and fanart world of Ilya's character illustration - talented Russian digital artist. See more on Behance and Deviantart

The Sign Painter

A short film on Mike Langley, Brooklyn based sign painter, for Vassilaros & Sons Coffee Co directed by Dress Code

AKQA Announces 2014 Future Lions Call for Entries

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.

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.”

Predators by Maxim Shkret

Russian digital artist Maxim Shkret released the series of posters depicting predators in a formal 3D illustrative way, well done.

Nadia Coolrista Fashion Photography

We found a new gem in Russian fashion illustration - talented girl Nadia Coolrista (on Instagram) working mainly with coloured pencils. Her vivid and nearly photo realistic fashion portraits fits editorials so well, that one no need photographer to frame an article.